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ˈstinkweed
[f. stink n. + weed n.
Cf. WFlem. stinkwied, the stinking camomile.]
a. The cruciferous plant Diplotaxis muralis.
1793in Britten Old Country Words (E.D.S.) 110 The farmers here [Kingsgate, Kent]..have, on account of its very offensive smell, given it the name of stink-weed. a1824Holdich Ess. Weeds Agric. (1825) 57 Sand Mustard, Isle of Thanet Stink-weed (Sinapis muralis). 1884W. Miller Plant-n. 130.
b. U.S. The Thorn Apple, Datura Stramonium.
1804C. B. Brown tr. Volney's View Soil U.S. 69 note, These banks, and all the slopes along the Ohio, abound with the stramoneum (stink-weed), which is said to have been brought hither accidentally from Virginia. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 219 Jamestown weed... The Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium). Its Northern name is Stinkweed.
c. Any of several other plants with an unpleasant smell.
1932[see khaki bos, bush s.v. khaki D.]. 1954Sun (Baltimore) 4 June 21/1 Due to the fact that its leaves, when crushed, are very disagreeable to get next to, the ailanthus is also known as ‘stinkweed’. 1970J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 153 My job was to graze the cattle slowly..keeping them out of the stinkweed which, I was warned, spoiled the butter. |