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WORMSEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wormseed mean?
• WORMSEED (noun)
The noun WORMSEED has 1 sense:
1. rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
Familiarity information: WORMSEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American wormseed; Chenopodium ambrosioides; Mexican tea; Spanish tea; wormseed
Hypernyms ("wormseed" is a kind of...):
goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)
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