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CLAMMYWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clammyweed mean?
• CLAMMYWEED (noun)
The noun CLAMMYWEED has 1 sense:
1. strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs
Familiarity information: CLAMMYWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
clammyweed; Polanisia dodecandra; Polanisia graveolens
Hypernyms ("clammyweed" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("clammyweed" is a member of...):
genus Polanisia; Polanisia (widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length)
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