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ghostweed

ghostweed noun: the plant Euphorbia marginata.

ghostweed: the plant Euphorbia marginata
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Noun

ghostweed (uncountable)

  1. The plant Euphorbia marginata.
    Synonyms:
    snow-on-the-mountain, smoke-on-the-prairie, variegated spurge, white-margined spurge

Synonyms of ghostweed

Origin of ghostweed

From ghost + weed, from its striking white appearance.

Questions about ghostweed

What does ghostweed mean?
Ghostweed means the plant Euphorbia marginata.
What part of speech is ghostweed?
Ghostweed is a noun.

Words near ghostweed in the dictionary

  1. ghostshark
  2. ghostsharks
  3. ghostship
  4. ghostships
  5. ghostsome
  6. ghostweed
  7. ghostword
  8. ghostwords
  9. ghostwort
  10. ghostworts
  11. ghostwrite

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