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SCENTLESS MAYWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scentless mayweed mean? 

SCENTLESS MAYWEED (noun)
  The noun SCENTLESS MAYWEED has 1 sense:

1. ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricariaplay

  Familiarity information: SCENTLESS MAYWEED used as a noun is very rare.


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SCENTLESS MAYWEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

corn mayweed; Matricaria inodorum; scentless camomile; scentless false camomile; scentless hayweed; scentless mayweed; Tripleurospermum inodorum

Hypernyms ("scentless mayweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("scentless mayweed" is a member of...):

genus Tripleurospermum; Tripleurospermum (small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria)


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