CLAMMYWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs

Synonyms:

clammyweed; Polanisia dodecandra; Polanisia graveolens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("clammyweed" 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)

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

genus Polanisia; Polanisia (widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length)

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