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PINEWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pineweed mean? 

PINEWEED (noun)
  The noun PINEWEED has 1 sense:

1. annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PINEWEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hypericum gentianoides; nitweed; orange grass; pine-weed; pineweed

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

St John's wort (any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil)


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