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STINKING WEED

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Dictionary entry overview: What does stinking weed mean?

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

1. very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia

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

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• STINKING WEED (noun)

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Meaning:

Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia occidentalis; coffee senna; mogdad coffee; Senna occidentalis; stinking weed; styptic weed

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

senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)

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