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11jim|son|weed — jim|son weed or Jim|son weed «JIHM suhn», a tall, coarse, bad smelling weed with large, white or violet, funnel shaped flowers and poisonous, narcotic leaves and seeds; thorn apple; stramonium. It belongs to the nightshade family. ╂[American… …
12jim|son weed — or Jim|son weed «JIHM suhn», a tall, coarse, bad smelling weed with large, white or violet, funnel shaped flowers and poisonous, narcotic leaves and seeds; thorn apple; stramonium. It belongs to the nightshade family. ╂[American English,… …
13West Virginia Prehistory — The area now known as West Virginia was a favorite hunting ground of numerous Native American peoples before the arrival of European settlers. Many ancient man made earthen mounds from various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the… …
14United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008 — In 2008, all 11 members of Virginia s delegation to the United States House of Representatives will be up for re election to the 111th United States Congress. This will coincide with the presidential and senatorial elections. The Primary election …
15jimson weed — /jim seuhn/ a coarse, rank smelling weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, having oaklike, poisonous leaves and tubular white or lavender flowers. Also, jimpson weed /jimp seuhn/, Jimson weed. [1805 15, Amer.; var. of JAMESTOWN WEED,… …
16Jamestown weed — James town weed (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ({Datura stramonium}), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See {Datura}. [1913 Webster] Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum. [1913… …
17The Sot-Weed Factor — is a 1960 novel by John Barth that satirizes picaresque novels such as Tristram Shandy and Tom Jones . (Sot weed is an old term for tobacco. A factor is a middleman who buys something to resell it.) Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME… …
18jimson weed — /ˈdʒɪmsən wid/ (say jimsuhn weed) noun one of the thornapples, Datura stramonium, a coarse herb with white flowers and very poisonous leaves, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Also, Jimson weed. {US (1830s); alteration of Jamestown weed,… …
19blue weed — viper vi per (v[imac] p[ e]r), n. [F. vip[ e]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr. vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous} …
20jimson weed — also jimsonweed, 1812, American English, shortening of Jamestown weed (1680s), from Jamestown, Virginia colony, where it was discovered by Europeans (1676), when British soldiers mistook it for an edible plant and subsequently hallucinated for 11 …
