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chafeweed

noun

Etymology

From chafe + weed.

  1. inherited from *weud✻ — “weed”
  2. inherited from wēod
  3. inherited from weed
  4. compounded as chafeweed — “chafe + weed”

Definitions

  1. Cudweed (Gnaphalium), which was used as a remedy for chafing.

The neighborhood

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