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jimson weed

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jimson weed /jim·son weed/ (jim´son wēd) stramonium.
jimson weed
[jim′sən]
a common name for Datura stramonium, a poisonous plant with large trumpet-shaped flowers. It is a member of solanaceous plants and a natural source of cholinergic blockers. Its chief components are the anticholinergics hyoscyamine and scopolamine.

Jimson weed
daturastramonium.


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