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BROOMWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does broomweed mean?
• BROOMWEED (noun)
The noun BROOMWEED has 1 sense:
1. annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers
Familiarity information: BROOMWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
broom-weed; broomweed; Gutierrezia texana
Hypernyms ("broomweed" is a kind of...):
matchbush; matchweed (any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches)
Holonyms ("broomweed" is a member of...):
genus Gutierrezia; Gutierrezia (sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America)
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