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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