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COMMON TARWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common tarweed mean?
• COMMON TARWEED (noun)
The noun COMMON TARWEED has 1 sense:
1. California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
Familiarity information: COMMON TARWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common madia; common tarweed; Madia elegans
Hypernyms ("common tarweed" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("common tarweed" is a member of...):
genus Madia; Madia (genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light)
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