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    GUMWEED

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestockplay

    Synonyms:

    gum plant; gumweed; rosinweed; tarweed

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("gumweed" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gumweed"):

    Grindelia robusta (perennial gumweed of California and Baja California)

    curlycup gumweed; Grindelia squarrosa (perennial gumweed of western and central North America)

    Holonyms ("gumweed" is a member of...):

    genus Grindelia; Grindelia (large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America)

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