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jimsonweed

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A poisonous plant of the species Datura stramonium, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any poisonous plant of the genus Datura.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly, countable, proscribed, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thorn apple

History

Etymology

From Jimson + weed.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tatullë — Datura stramonium
  • Bashkir: ҡаразирә (qarazirə) — Datura stramonium
  • Basque: asma-belar — Datura stramonium
  • Bulgarian: татул (tatul) — Datura stramonium
  • Bulgarian: обикновен татул (obiknoven tatul) — Datura stramonium
  • Catalan: estramoni — Datura stramonium
  • Catalan: herba talpera — Datura stramonium
  • Catalan: herba de l'ofec — Datura stramonium
  • Cherokee: ᏒᏟ (svtli) — Datura stramonium
  • Czech: durman — Datura stramonium
  • Danish: pigæble — Datura stramonium
  • Dutch: doornappel — Datura stramonium
  • Finnish: hulluruoho — Datura stramonium
  • French: stramoine — Datura stramonium
  • Galician: figueira do demo — Datura stramonium
  • Galician: figueira tola — Datura stramonium
  • German: Stechapfel — Datura stramonium
  • Hindi: धतूरा (dhatūrā) — Datura stramonium
  • Hungarian: maszlag — Datura stramonium
  • Hungarian: csattanó maszlag — Datura stramonium
  • Italian: stramonio — Datura stramonium
  • Macedonian: татула (tatula) — Datura stramonium
  • Māori: niniao — Datura stramonium
  • Persian: تاتوره (tâture) — Datura stramonium
  • Polish: bieluń dziędzierzawa — Datura stramonium
  • Polish: diabelskie ziele — Datura stramonium
  • Portuguese: trombeta — Datura stramonium
  • Portuguese: estramónio — Datura stramonium
  • Portuguese: estramônio — Datura stramonium
  • Portuguese: figueira-do-inferno — Datura stramonium
  • Portuguese: figueira-do-diabo — Datura stramonium
  • Romanian: ciumăfaie — Datura stramonium
  • Romanian: laur — Datura stramonium
  • Russian: дурма́н (durmán) — Datura stramonium
  • Russian: дурма́н обыкнове́нный (durmán obyknovénnyj) — Datura stramonium
  • Russian: дурма́н воню́чий (durmán vonjúčij) — Datura stramonium
  • Spanish: estramonio — Datura stramonium
  • Swedish: spikklubba — Datura stramonium
  • Turkish: tatula — Datura stramonium
  • Turkish: şeytan elması — Datura stramonium
  • Unami: lehëlòkwënataèk — Datura stramonium
  • Bulgarian: татул (tatul) — Any Datura
  • Cahuilla: kíkesewva'al — Any Datura
  • Esperanto: daturo — Any Datura
  • Hindi: धतूरा (dhatūrā) — Any Datura
  • Hungarian: maszlag — Any Datura
  • Nahuatl: toloatzin — Any Datura
  • Navajo: chʼóhojilyééh — Any Datura
  • Panamint: muippüh — Any Datura
  • Polish: bieluń — Any Datura
  • Sanskrit: धत्तूर (dhattūra) — Any Datura
  • Sanskrit: कनक (kanaka) — Any Datura
  • Spanish: toloache — Any Datura