NITWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Hypericum gentianoides; nitweed; orange grass; pine-weed; pineweed

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Nouns denoting plants

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

St John's wort (any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil)

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