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SICKLEPOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sicklepod mean?
• SICKLEPOD (noun)
The noun SICKLEPOD has 2 senses:
1. cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
2. North American rock cress having very long curved pods
Familiarity information: SICKLEPOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cassia tora; Senna obtusifolia; sicklepod
Hypernyms ("sicklepod" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("sicklepod" is a member of...):
genus Senna (genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
North American rock cress having very long curved pods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arabis Canadensis; sicklepod
Hypernyms ("sicklepod" is a kind of...):
rock cress; rockcress (any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis)
Holonyms ("sicklepod" is a member of...):
Arabis; genus Arabis (annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress)
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