JAMESTOWN WEED
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James″town′ weed′ (?). (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura. ☞ This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.
Source: 567
James″town′ weed′ (?). (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura. ☞ This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.