clammyweed

noun

Etymology

From clammy + weed, from the sticky residue on the leaves.

  1. inherited from *weud — “weed
  2. inherited from wēod
  3. inherited from weed
  4. compounded as clammyweed — “clammy + weed

Definitions

  1. Any of several North American plants of the genus Polanisia.

The neighborhood

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