CAPEWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capeweed mean? 

• CAPEWEED (noun)
  The noun CAPEWEED has 1 sense:

1. European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears

  Familiarity information: CAPEWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPEWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California dandelion; capeweed; cat's-ear; gosmore; Hypochaeris radicata

Hypernyms ("capeweed" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("capeweed" is a member of...):

genus Hypochaeris; genus Hypochoeris; Hypochaeris; Hypochoeris (widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds)