spikeweed

noun

: any of several annual Californian herbs of the genus Centromadia (family Compositae) with spiny involucral bracts

especially : a common summer annual (C. pungens) valued by beekeepers

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Rhymes for spikeweed

• aniseed
• centipede
• cottonseed
• disagreed
• ganymede
• guaranteed
• intercede
• overspeed
• pedigreed
• refereed
• supercede
• supersede