THIMBLEWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thimbleweed mean? 

• THIMBLEWEED (noun)
  The noun THIMBLEWEED has 1 sense:

1. a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIMBLEWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anemone cylindrica; thimbleweed

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

anemone; windflower (any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves)

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

Anemone riparia; longheaded thimbleweed (thimbleweed of northern North America)

Anemone virginiana; Virginia thimbleweed (thimbleweed of central and eastern North America)