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Definition of Sicklepod

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.

2. Noun. North American rock cress having very long curved pods.

Definition of Sicklepod

1. Noun. ''Senna obtusifolia'', a legume used in folk medicine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sicklepod

sickle feather sickle flap sickle form sickle lucerne sickle scotoma sicklebill sicklebills sickled sicklelike sickleman

sicklemen sicklemia sicklemias sicklemic sicklepod (current term) sickler sicklerite sicklers sickles sickless

sickleweed golden aster sicklewort sicklied sicklier sicklies sickliest sicklily sickliness sicklinesses

Literary usage of Sicklepod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"A. Canadensis, CANADIAN or sicklepod R. Tall, growing in ravines; stem-leaves pointed at both ends, pubescent ; petals whitish, narrow ; pods 3 long, ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... sicklepod Herbaceous biennial Rocky banks and slopes, in rich soil of woods or edges. Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. Tower cress; Tower mustard Herbaceous ..."

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