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zombie's cucumber

zombie's cucumber noun: jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), as used in Haiti.

Noun

zombie's cucumber (uncountable)

  1. Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), as used in Haiti.
    • After the baptism, or sometimes the next day, he or she is made to eat a paste containing a strong dose of a potent psychoactive drug, the zombi's cucumber, which brings on a state of disorientation and amnesia.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 187
    • “Your soul will answer, you see. And they'll feed you the zombie's cucumber. You ain't got no choice but to eat it.”2013, Arielle Crowell, Deadly Magnolia, page 210

Forms of zombie's cucumber

alternative formzombi's cucumber

Questions about zombie's cucumber

What does zombie's cucumber mean?
Zombie's cucumber means jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), as used in Haiti.
What part of speech is zombie's cucumber?
Zombie's cucumber is a noun.

Words near zombie's cucumber in the dictionary

  1. zombie walks
  2. zombie world
  3. zombie worlds
  4. zombie worm
  5. zombie worms
  6. zombie's cucumber
  7. zombie-like
  8. zombied
  9. zombied out
  10. zombied-out
  11. zombiedom

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