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jimpson weed

jimpson weed is the alternative form of jimsonweed.

Meaning of jimsonweed

Noun

jimsonweed (countable and uncountable, plural jimsonweeds)

  1. (US) A poisonous plant of the species Datura stramonium, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.
    • In so doing I have included a number of categories which may not generally be considered suitable for inclusion under the heading of religion. Stewart, for instance, includes shamanism, curing, special powers of shamans, miscellaneous shamanistic information, guardian spirits, destiny of the soul...1960, James F. Downs, “Washo Religion”, in Anthropological Records, volume 16, number 9, University of California Press, pages 365-386
  2. (US, broadly, proscribed) Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.

Forms of jimpson weed

pluraljimpson weeds

Questions about jimpson weed

What is jimpson weed the alternative form of?
Jimpson weed is the alternative form of jimsonweed.

Words near jimpson weed in the dictionary

  1. jimpness
  2. jimps
  3. jimpsecute
  4. jimpsecutes
  5. jimpson
  6. jimpson weed
  7. jimpson weeds
  8. jimpsons
  9. jimpsonweed
  10. jimpsonweeds
  11. jimpy

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