The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jamestown weed
Jamestown weed \James"town` weed`\ (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium ( Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.
Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.
Usage examples of "jamestown weed".
Datura stramonium, Jamestown Weed, Stinkweed, or Apple of Peru has narcotic, anodyne leaves and seeds.
Take one pound of the leaves of stramonium (Jamestown weed) bruised.
One recipe for a cure-all potion was to mix Jamestown weed (jimpson weed) with sulphur and honey.