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chaffweed

noun

Etymology

From chaff + weed.

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

Definitions

  1. A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae,…

    A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.

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