| 单词 | tarweed |
| 释义 | tarweed (once / 437753 pages) n WORD FAMILY tarweed USAGE EXAMPLESUnder the common designation of "tarweed," plants belonging to two different genera—Madia and Hemizonia—and comprising thirty or forty species, may be found. Parsons, Mary Elizabeth, The Wild Flowers of California: The...(2012) Lysander, tired of waiting, came striding through the tarweed, with his hoe on his shoulder. Graham, Margaret Collier, Stories of the Foot-hills(2010) He looked down upon his clothes, stuccoed with tarweed burrs and wet mud. Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg), Stanford Stories—Tales of a Young U...(2010) 1n any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America Hypo|Hyper Chile tarweed, Madia sativa, madia oil plant, melosa South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2n any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock Syn|Hypo|Hyper gum plant, gumweed, rosinweed Grindelia robusta perennial gumweed of California and Baja California Grindelia squarrosa, curlycup gumweedperennial gumweed of western and central North America herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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