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单词 thimbleweed
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thimbleweed

[ thim-buhl-weed ]
/ ˈθɪm bəlˌwid /

noun

any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.

Origin of thimbleweed

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; thimble + weed1

Words nearby thimbleweed

thill, thimble, thimbleberry, thimbleful, thimblerig, thimbleweed, thimblewit, Thimbu, thimerosal, Thimphu, thin
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British Dictionary definitions for thimbleweed

thimbleweed
/ (ˈθɪmbəlˌwiːd) /

noun

US any of various plants having a thimble-shaped fruit, esp an American anemone, Anemone virginiana, and a rudbeckia, Rudbeckia laciniata
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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