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cockweed

cockweed noun: peppergrass.

Noun

cockweed (plural cockweeds)

  1. (uncountable) peppergrass
    • Spanish pepper , dittander, or cockweed1752, Robert Ainsworth, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius
  2. (slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.

Forms of cockweed

pluralcockweeds

Origin of cockweed

From cock + weed.

Questions about cockweed

What does cockweed mean?
Cockweed means peppergrass.
What part of speech is cockweed?
Cockweed is a noun.
What is the plural of cockweed?
The plural of cockweed is cockweeds.

Words near cockweed in the dictionary

  1. cockwarmed
  2. cockwarming
  3. cockwarms
  4. cockweasel
  5. cockweasels
  6. cockweed
  7. cockweeds
  8. cockwhore
  9. cockwhores
  10. cockwipe
  11. cockwipes

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