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vinegarweed

vinegarweed noun: trichostema lanceolatum, an annual flowering herb of the mint family with an intensely pungent scent, native to western North America.

Noun

vinegarweed (uncountable)

  1. Trichostema lanceolatum, an annual flowering herb of the mint family with an intensely pungent scent, native to western North America.

Origin of vinegarweed

From vinegar + weed, from the vinegary odour of its foliage.

Questions about vinegarweed

What does vinegarweed mean?
Vinegarweed means trichostema lanceolatum, an annual flowering herb of the mint family with an intensely pungent scent, native to western North America.
What part of speech is vinegarweed?
Vinegarweed is a noun.

Words near vinegarweed in the dictionary

  1. vinegaroon
  2. vinegaroons
  3. vinegarroon
  4. vinegarroons
  5. vinegars
  6. vinegarweed
  7. vinegary
  8. vinegerone
  9. vinegerones
  10. vinegret
  11. vinegrower

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