jimsonweed

plural jimsonweeds · alternative jimson weed · alternative jimpson weed · alternative jimpsonweed

1. UScountableuncountableA poisonous plant of the species Datura stramonium, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.

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   In so doing I have included a number of categories which may not generally be considered suitable for inclusion under the heading of religion. Stewart, for instance, includes shamanism, curing, special powers of shamans, miscellaneous shamanistic information, guardian spirits, destiny of the soul, ghosts or soul, and jimsonweed.

   1960, James F. Downs, “Washo Religion”, in Anthropological Records, volume 16, number 9, University of California Press, pages 365-386

   While the hallucinations produced by jimsonweed and other anticholinergics are frequently described as frightening or even “nightmarish,” the toxic anticholinergic syndrome caused by jimsonweed can include seizures, CNS depression, respiratory failure, and cardiac abnormalities, all of which can be life-threatening.

   2022, Jerrold S. Meyer, Andrew M. Farrar, Dominik Biezonski, Jennifer R. Yates, editors, Psychopharmacology, Fourth edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63

2. USbroadlycountableproscribeduncountableAny poisonous plant of the genus Datura.