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- noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
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slumry commented on the word datura stramonium
datura, jimson weed, stinkweed or thorn apple; a poisonous tropical plant
August 1, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word datura stramonium
This was growing in my yard once, but I didn't know the full name--just "datura" or "jimson weed."
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March 19, 2008