Definition of Clammyweed

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

Exact synonyms: Polanisia Dodecandra, Polanisia Graveolens
Group relationships: Genus Polanisia, Polanisia
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clammyweed

clamlike
clammed
clammed up
clammer
clammers
clammier
clammiest
clammily
clamminess
clamminesses
clamming
clamming up
clammy
clammy chickweed
clammy locust
clammyweed (current term)
clamor
clamored
clamorer
clamorers
clamoring
clamorings
clamorous
clamorously
clamorousness
clamorousnesses
clamors
clamour
clamoured
clamourer

Literary usage of Clammyweed

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

1. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"... and ditches should be cut with hoe or scythe in the spring, if they are likely to come within reach of grazing milch cattle. clammyweed . ..."

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