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jimsonweed, n Latin name: Datura stramonium; parts used: flowers, leaves, roots; uses: asthma, Parkinson's disease, irritable bowel syndrome; precautions: children, pregnancy, lactation, patients with nervous disorders; liver disease, heart conditions, or kidney disease; all parts are highly toxic, especially seeds; can cause horrifying hallucinations. Also called angel's trumpet, angel tulip, apple-of-Peru, datura, devil weed, devil's apple, devil's trumpet, Estramonio, green dragon, gypsyweed, inferno, Jamestown weed, loco seeds, locoweed, mad apple, moon weed, stramoine, stechapfel, stinkweed, thorn apple, tolguacha, trumpet lilly, or zombie's cucumber. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Biological activities of fumonisins, mycotoxins from Fusarium moniliforme, in jimsonweed and mammalian cell cultures. Planet Kid, Dawn and Charlotte's name for a clearing in a patch of jimsonweed where no grown-ups are allowed, is a rather obvious metaphor here for the separateness of the child's world; more original and memorable is Dawn's friend Delbert, who changes his name almost daily, depending on his current interests (first he is Roy, for Roy Rogers; later, Alec, like the boy in The Black Stallion; and so on). The stewards heard ``sufficient evidence'' that the horses' feed was accidentally contaminated with jimsonweed, which produces the banned substance. |
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