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Definition of Chaffweed
1. Noun. Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves.
Group relationships: Centunculus, Genus Centunculus
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Definition of Chaffweed
1. Noun. A low glabrous weedy branching herb ''Centunculus minimus'' of the family ''Primulaceae'' having short dry chafflike leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaffweed
Literary usage of Chaffweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Ger. uses chaffweed as a general term including various species of Gnaphalium
... Prior, p. 41. (2) Filago germanica, L.—E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. chaffweed. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Ger. uses chaffweed as a general term including various species of ... chaffweed.
Cent uni-ni us minimus, L.—With. Generally applied to this plant by ..."
3. The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells & Neighbourhood by Richard Deakin (1871)
"C. minimus, Linn, small chaffweed, or Bastard Pimpernel. Flowers Leaves ovate
mucronate, sessile. Stem erect, about an inch high, more or less branched; ..."
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