MARKWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does markweed mean? 

• MARKWEED (noun)
  The noun MARKWEED has 1 sense:

1. climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact

  Familiarity information: MARKWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARKWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

markweed; poison ivy; poison mercury; poison oak; Rhus radicans; Toxicodendron radicans

Hypernyms ("markweed" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("markweed" is a member of...):

genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)