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clapweed

clapweed noun: a shrubby plant of species Ephedra antisyphilitica.

Noun

clapweed (uncountable)

  1. A shrubby plant of species Ephedra antisyphilitica.

Origin of clapweed

From clap (“gonorrhea”) + weed.

Questions about clapweed

What does clapweed mean?
Clapweed means a shrubby plant of species Ephedra antisyphilitica.
What part of speech is clapweed?
Clapweed is a noun.

Words near clapweed in the dictionary

  1. Claptons
  2. claptrap
  3. claptrappery
  4. claptrappy
  5. claptraps
  6. clapweed
  7. clapwort
  8. Clapworthy
  9. claque
  10. claquer
  11. claquers

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