Datura stramonium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Datura stramonium	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Datura stramonium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Datura stramonium n intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits Synonym(s): jimsonweed, jimson weed, Jamestown weed, common thorn apple, apple of Peru, Datura stramonium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See {Datura}. Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stramonium \Stramo"nium\, n. [NL.; Cf. F. stramoine.] (Bot.) A poisonous plant ({Datura Stramonium}); stinkweed. See {Datura}, and {Jamestown weed}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atropine \At"ro*pine\, n. [Gr. [?] inflexible; hence [?] [?], one of the three Parc[91]; '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}.