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clammyweed

clammyweed noun: any of several North American plants of the genus Polanisia.

Noun

clammyweed (countable and uncountable, plural clammyweeds)

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

Forms of clammyweed

pluralclammyweeds

Origin of clammyweed

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

Questions about clammyweed

What does clammyweed mean?
Clammyweed means any of several North American plants of the genus Polanisia.
What part of speech is clammyweed?
Clammyweed is a noun.
What is the plural of clammyweed?
The plural of clammyweed is clammyweeds.

Words near clammyweed in the dictionary

  1. clammish
  2. clammishness
  3. clammy
  4. clammy cuphea
  5. clammy goosefoot
  6. clammyweed
  7. clammyweeds
  8. clamor
  9. clamored
  10. clamorer
  11. clamorers

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