tarweed

noun

1

: any of various California resinous glandular plants especially of the genera Madia and Grindelia

2

: mountain misery

3

: fiddle-neck sense 2

Word History

Etymology

tar entry 1 + weed; from their stickiness and heavy smell

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Rhymes for tarweed

• accede
• agreed
• airspeed
• alkyd
• bindweed
• chickweed
• concede
• decreed
• duckweed
• exceed
• flaxseed
• impede