TRIFFID

Etymology

Noun

triffid (plural triffids)

A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger

(colloquial) Any of the anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria.

Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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