GHOST WEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ghost weed mean? 

• GHOST WEED (noun)
  The noun GHOST WEED has 1 sense:

1. annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk

  Familiarity information: GHOST WEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GHOST WEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia marginata; ghost weed; snow-in-summer; snow-on-the-mountain

Hypernyms ("ghost weed" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("ghost weed" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)