英语词汇jimsonweed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

jimsonweed. Jamestown-weed was the original name of jim- sonweed, or the thorn apple, a plant that can be deadly poison- ous when its foliage is wilted. Datura stramonium was named Jamestown-weed because it was first noticed growing in Ameri- ca near Jamestown, Virginia, where the Indians smoked it like tobacco; in fact, soldiers among the insurgents in Bacon’s Re- bellion of 1675 are said to have eaten this weed when defeated and driven into the wilderness, many almost dying of it. Over the years Jamestown-weed was slurred to jimsonweed in pro- nunciation and by the 19th century was the common name for the plant.

词汇	jimsonweed
词源	jimsonweed. Jamestown-weed was the original name of jim- sonweed, or the thorn apple, a plant that can be deadly poison- ous when its foliage is wilted. Datura stramonium was named Jamestown-weed because it was first noticed growing in Ameri- ca near Jamestown, Virginia, where the Indians smoked it like tobacco; in fact, soldiers among the insurgents in Bacon’s Re- bellion of 1675 are said to have eaten this weed when defeated and driven into the wilderness, many almost dying of it. Over the years Jamestown-weed was slurred to jimsonweed in pro- nunciation and by the 19th century was the common name for the plant.
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