Definition of "jimsonweed" noun countable and uncountable , plural jimsonweeds
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species , part of the nightshade (Solanaceae ) family , occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen . quotations examples
Quotations In so doing I have included a number of categories which may not generally be considered suitable for inclusion under the heading of religion . Stewart , for instance , includes shamanism , curing , special powers of shamans , miscellaneous shamanistic information , guardian spirits , destiny of the soul , ghosts or soul , and jimsonweed
1960, James F. Downs, “Washo Religion”, in Anthropological Records, volume 16, number 9, University of California Press, pages 365-386
While the hallucinations produced by jimsonweed and other anticholinergics are frequently described as frightening or even “nightmarish ,” the toxic anticholinergic syndrome caused by jimsonweed can include seizures , CNS depression , respiratory failure , and cardiac abnormalities , all of which can be life -threatening .
2022, Jerrold S. Meyer, Andrew M. Farrar, Dominik Biezonski, Jennifer R. Yates, editors, Psychopharmacology, Fourth edition, Oxford University Press, page 63