CHAFFWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves

Synonyms:

bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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