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MAYWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mayweed mean?
• MAYWEED (noun)
The noun MAYWEED has 1 sense:
1. widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
Familiarity information: MAYWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Anthemis cotula; dog fennel; mayweed; stinking chamomile; stinking mayweed
Hypernyms ("mayweed" is a kind of...):
composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)
Holonyms ("mayweed" is a member of...):
Anthemis; genus Anthemis (dog fennel)
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