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CARPETWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carpetweed mean?
• CARPETWEED (noun)
The noun CARPETWEED has 1 sense:
1. annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
Familiarity information: CARPETWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
carpetweed; Indian chickweed; Molluga verticillata
Hypernyms ("carpetweed" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("carpetweed" is a member of...):
genus Molluga; Molluga (carpetweeds)
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