Well attestedNamed from the place
jimsonweed
noun · first attested 18th century
The weed is a worn-down Jamestown.
A poisonous plant of the nightshade family.
Jamestown·Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
-15.9251°S -5.7179°W · Q30970
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Jamestown
- In English
jimsonweed
Soldiers at Jamestown, Virginia, were poisoned by the plant in 1676. Jamestown weed contracted into jimsonweed.
Also pinned to Jamestown