jimson

C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

Also spelled jimpson

US /ˈdʒɪmsən/ UK /ˈdʒɪmsən/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
US: jimsonweed, a poisonous annual plant with trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly seed capsules

Poisonous jimson and tall sunflowers grew throughout the neglected garden.

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Synonyms

1 noun · us: jimsonweed, a poisonous... jimsonweedthorn appledevil's snare

Word family

Derived forms jimsonweed

Related forms Daturastramonium

Etymology

A shortening of jimsonweed, itself an alteration of Jamestown weed after a notorious seventeenth-century poisoning at Jamestown, Virginia. Jimpson and jimpsonweed are established variants with an inserted p sound.

Topics

Plants & Agriculture

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