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clapweed

noun

Etymology

From clap (“gonorrhea”) + weed.

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

Definitions

  1. A shrubby plant of species Ephedra antisyphilitica.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA