datura stramonium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Datura stramonium
    n 1: intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having
         rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped
         flowers and prickly fruits [syn: {jimsonweed}, {jimson
         weed}, {Jamestown weed}, {common thorn apple}, {apple of
         Peru}, {Datura stramonium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.)
   The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura
   stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown,
   Virginia. See {Datura}.
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   Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and
         gympsum.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stramonium \Stra*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.)
   A poisonous plant ({Datura Stramonium}); stinkweed. See
   {Datura}, and {Jamestown weed}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Atropine \At"ro*pine\, n. [Gr. ? inflexible; hence ? ?, one of
   the three Parc[ae]; 'a priv. + ? to turn.] (Chem.)
   A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from
   the {Atropa belladonna}, or deadly nightshade, and the
   {Datura Stramonium}, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its
   power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also
   {daturine}.
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