Jimson

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• jimson — n. (in full jimson weed) US a highly poisonous tall weed, Datura stramonium, with large trumpet shaped flowers. Etymology: Jamestown in Virginia * * * noun see jimsonweed …   Useful english dictionary

• Jimson weed — Jimson weed. См. Jimson weed. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• Jimson weed — Jim son weed See {Jamestown weed}. [Local, U.S.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jimson weed — см. Приложение 1 (Datura stramonium). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• Jimson weed — Jimson weed. См. дурман. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• jimson 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 …   Etymology dictionary

• jimson weed — ☆ jimson weed [jimp′sənjim′sən ] n. [altered < Jamestown weed, after JAMESTOWN, Va.] a poisonous annual weed (Datura stramonium) of the nightshade family, with foul smelling leaves, prickly fruit, and white or purplish, trumpet shaped flowers …   English World dictionary

• jimson 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,… …   Universalium

• jimson 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,… …  

• Jimson — This very interesting medieval surname has a confused origin. Like the personal name and subsequent surname Jacob, it has its origins in the Hebrew given name Yaakov . This was Latinized first as Jacobus , and then in the period known as The Dark …   Surnames reference

• jimson weed — SYN: Datura stramonium. * * * jim·son weed (jimґsən wēd) 1. Datura stramonium. 2. stramonium (def. 2) …   Medical dictionary