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MARKWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
Synonyms:
markweed; poison ivy; poison mercury; poison oak; Rhus radicans; Toxicodendron radicans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("markweed" is a kind of...):
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
Holonyms ("markweed" is a member of...):
genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)
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