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jimson weed

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The correct spelling is jimson weed. A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.

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  1. 1.A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
  2. 2.(by extension) Any poisonous plant of the Datura genus.

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