Jamestown weed

/ˌdʒeɪmˈstaʊn wid/
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Other forms: Jamestown weeds

Definitions of Jamestown weed
  1. noun
    intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    synonyms: Datura stramonium, apple of Peru, common thorn apple, jimson weed, jimsonweed
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    type of:
    thorn apple
    any of several plants of the genus Datura
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