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sweetweed

sweetweed noun: either of two tropical American weeds, (Capraria biflora of the figwort family or Scoparia dulcis) of the plantain family.

Noun

sweetweed (uncountable)

  1. Either of two tropical American weeds, (Capraria biflora of the figwort family or Scoparia dulcis) of the plantain family.

Origin of sweetweed

From sweet + weed.

Questions about sweetweed

What does sweetweed mean?
Sweetweed means either of two tropical American weeds, (Capraria biflora of the figwort family or Scoparia dulcis) of the plantain family.
What part of speech is sweetweed?
Sweetweed is a noun.

Words near sweetweed in the dictionary

  1. sweetvetch
  2. sweetvetches
  3. sweetwater
  4. Sweetwater County
  5. sweetwaters
  6. sweetweed
  7. Sweetwine
  8. sweetwood
  9. sweetwoods
  10. sweetwort
  11. sweetworts

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