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Definition of Skunkweed
1. Noun. Tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell.
Definition of Skunkweed
1. n. Skunk cabbage.
Definition of Skunkweed
1. Noun. Any of several American plants that have an offensive odour, but especially ''Croton texensis'' and ''Polemonium viscosum'' ¹
2. Noun. (informal) cannabis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skunkweed
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Skunkweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Skunkweed
Literary usage of Skunkweed
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)
"Wherever the Common Dodder attacks cultivated plants, both it and they should be
treated with scythe and fire before any seed ripens. skunkweed Navarretia ..."
2. The Valley of Democracy by Meredith Nicholson (1918)
"Whether it meant leek, polecat, skunkweed, or onion does not greatly matter.
I choose the wild onion from the possibilities, for the highly unscientific ..."
3. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"G. squarrosa H. & A. skunkweed. Erect and simple or with many branches from the
base, 8 to 14 in. high, pubescent and noxiously glandular; leaves once or ..."
4. Weeds of the Farm and Garden by Louis Hermann Pammel (1911)
"Fig.i3«b. Field divisions either parted or incised, upper dodder (Cuscuta , . .
„ skunkweed, Pepperweed (Navarretia squarrosa, H. and A.). ..."
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