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TARWEED
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
tarweed
(noun) any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tarweed (plural tarweeds)
Any of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaves.
Anagrams
• dewater, watered
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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