[f. STINK sb. + WEED sb.

1

  Cf. WFlem. stinkwied, the stinking camomile.]

2

  a.  The cruciferous plant Diplotaxis muralis.

3

1793.  in Britten, Old Country Words (E.D.S.), 110. The farmers here [Kingsgate, Kent] … have, on account of its very offensive smell, given it the name of stink-weed.

4

a. 1834.  Holdich, Ess. Weeds Agric. (1825), 57. Sand Mustard, Isle of Thanet Stink-weed (Sinapis muralis).

5

1884.  W. Miller, Plant-n., 130.

6

  b.  U.S. The Thorn Apple, Datura Stramonium.

7

1804.  C. B. Brown, trans. Volney’s View Soil U.S., 69, note. These banks, and all the slopes along the Ohio, abound with the stramoneum (stink-weed), which is said to have been brought hither accidentally from Virginia.

8

1859.  Bartlett, Dict. Amer. (ed. 2), 219. Jamestown weed…. The Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium). Its Northern name is Stinkweed.

9