GUMWEED

gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed

(noun) any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gumweed (countable and uncountable, plural gumweeds)

Any of various plants in the genus Grindelia.

Anagrams

• mugweed

Source: Wiktionary



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SUNGLASSES

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