tarweed
noun
Definition of tarweed
1 : any of various California resinous glandular plants especially of the genera Madia and Grindelia
2 : mountain misery
3 : fiddle-neck 2
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Origin and Etymology of tarweed
1tar + weed; from their stickiness and heavy smell
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