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turtleweed

turtleweed noun: a flowering plant of the genus Batis (Batis maritima).

Noun

turtleweed (uncountable)

  1. A flowering plant of the genus Batis (Batis maritima).

Origin of turtleweed

From turtle + weed.

Questions about turtleweed

What does turtleweed mean?
Turtleweed means a flowering plant of the genus Batis (Batis maritima).
What part of speech is turtleweed?
Turtleweed is a noun.

Words near turtleweed in the dictionary

  1. turtlesque
  2. turtlet
  3. turtlets
  4. turtlette
  5. turtlettes
  6. turtleweed
  7. turtling
  8. turtling down
  9. turtling up
  10. turtlings
  11. turtly

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