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STINKING WEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
Synonyms:
Cassia occidentalis; coffee senna; mogdad coffee; Senna occidentalis; stinking weed; styptic weed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stinking weed" is a kind of...):
senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)