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单词 locoweed
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locoweedn.

Brit. /ˈləʊkəʊwiːd/, U.S. /ˈloʊkoʊˌwid/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: loco n.3, loco adj., weed n.1
Etymology: In sense 1 < either loco n.3 or loco adj. + weed n.1, after Spanish yerba loca, hierba loca (see loco n.3). In sense 2 either a transferred use of sense 1, or independently < loco adj. + weed n.1
1. North American. = loco n.3 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > loco-weed
loco1844
yerba loco1859
locoweed1879
1879 Special Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 12. 211 The losses among cattle, caused by eating the poisonous loco weed, will perhaps not exceed 1 per cent.
1904 ‘O. Henry’ in McClure's Mag. Apr. 617/1 If you have ever seen a horse that has eaten loco-weed you will understand what I mean when I say that the passengers get locoed.
1948 Miami (Okla.) Daily News-Record 30 June 8/2 Little is heard today of the once troublesome loco weed.
2008 H. S. Thomas Essent. Guide to Calving i. ii. 44 Wild-growing locoweed varies greatly in height and color, but all species are toxic and can cause birth defects.
2. Originally and chiefly North American slang.= marijuana n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > marijuana or cannabis
bhang1598
hashish1598
cannabis1765
ganja1800
Indian hemp1803
sabzi1804
cannabin1843
deiamba1851
charas1860
liamba1861
hemp1870
cannabis resin1871
marijuana1874
kef1878
locoweed1898
weed1917
Mary Ann1925
mootah1926
muggle1926
Mary Jane1928
Mary Warner1933
Mary and Johnny1935
Indian hay1936
mu1936
mezz1937
moocah1937
grass1938
jive1938
pot1938
mary1940
reefer1944
rope1944
smoke1946
hash1948
pod1952
gear1954
green1957
smoking weed1957
boo1959
Acapulco1965
doobie1967
Mary J1967
cheeba1971
Maui Wowie1971
4201974
Maui1977
pakalolo1977
spliff1977
draw1979
kush1979
resin1980
bud1982
swag1986
puff1989
chronic1992
schwag1993
hydro1995
1898 Proc. Amer. Medico-Psychol. Assoc. 54th Ann. Meeting 170 The plant is known also in Southern Mexico together with another ‘loco-weed’—mariguana—our cannabis sativa.
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 72/2 Loco weed, mariahuana; hemp; hashish.
1955 J. Kerouac Let. 12 Oct. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 523 Everybody in Texas gets high now, her little brothers and sisters and even old farmers have it growing in their backyards and call it loco weed.
1972 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 2 July 14/3 Detectives from the CIB Drug Squad in Brisbane are becoming quite familiar now with words like..rope and locoweed.
2007 M. Nolan Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary xv. 131 ‘Reefer ? Do you mean loco-weed? Deadly marijuana?’ asked Lois, shocked to the very core of her being.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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