SICKLEPOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sicklepod mean? 

• SICKLEPOD (noun)
  The noun SICKLEPOD has 2 senses:

1. cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

2. North American rock cress having very long curved pods

  Familiarity information: SICKLEPOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SICKLEPOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia tora; Senna obtusifolia; sicklepod

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Senna (genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American rock cress having very long curved pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arabis Canadensis; sicklepod

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

rock cress; rockcress (any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis)

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

Arabis; genus Arabis (annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress)