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beggarweed

beggarweed noun: a type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.

Noun

beggarweed (usually uncountable, plural beggarweeds)

  1. (usually) A type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.

Forms of beggarweed

pluralbeggarweeds

Origin of beggarweed

From beggar + weed.

Questions about beggarweed

What does beggarweed mean?
Beggarweed means a type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.
What part of speech is beggarweed?
Beggarweed is a noun.
What is the plural of beggarweed?
The plural of beggarweed is beggarweeds.

Words near beggarweed in the dictionary

  1. beggars' velvet
  2. beggarsome
  3. beggartick
  4. beggarticks
  5. beggarware
  6. beggarweed
  7. beggarweeds
  8. beggarwise
  9. beggarwoman
  10. beggarwomen
  11. beggary

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