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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