ROSINWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rosinweed mean? 

• ROSINWEED (noun)
  The noun ROSINWEED has 2 senses:

1. North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers

2. any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock

  Familiarity information: ROSINWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSINWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rosinweed; Silphium laciniatum

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

compass flower; compass plant (any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass)

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

genus Silphium; Silphium (tall North American perennial herbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gum plant; gumweed; rosinweed; tarweed

Hypernyms ("rosinweed" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rosinweed"):

Grindelia robusta (perennial gumweed of California and Baja California)

curlycup gumweed; Grindelia squarrosa (perennial gumweed of western and central North America)

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

genus Grindelia; Grindelia (large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America)