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CHAFFWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
Synonyms:
bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chaffweed" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("chaffweed" is a member of...):
Centunculus; genus Centunculus (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae)