TARWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tarweed mean? 

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

1. any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America

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: TARWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tarweed" 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 "tarweed"):

Chile tarweed; madia oil plant; Madia sativa; melosa (South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil)

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

genus Madia; Madia (genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light)

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 ("tarweed" 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 "tarweed"):

Grindelia robusta (perennial gumweed of California and Baja California)

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

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

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