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Stramonium

stramonium

(Science: botany) A poisonous plant (datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and jamestown weed.

Origin: NL.; Cf. F. Stramoine.


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The hardy native plant that resembles Brugs is Datura Stramonium. (Datura is in the same family as tomotoes and nightshade.) One common name for datura is Angel's Trumpet (Jimson Weed is less poetic) because it contains highly toxic alkaloids. Idiots ...

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