FRENCH WEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does French weed mean? 

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

1. foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRENCH WEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fanweed; field pennycress; French weed; mithridate mustard; penny grass; stinkweed; Thlaspi arvense

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

pennycress (any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi)

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

genus Thlaspi; Thlaspi (herbs of temperate regions: pennycress)