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stinkweed

noun
stink·​weed | \ ˈstiÅ‹k-ËŒwÄ“d How to pronounce stinkweed (audio) \

Definition of stinkweed

: any of various strong-scented or fetid plants: such as
a : pennycress
b : jimsonweed

Examples of stinkweed in a Sentence

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 Rajit, who has his own idea, involving stinkweed, for improving the local rice crop, quickly becomes suspicious of Rice 9. — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Basmati Blues': Film Review," 6 Feb. 2018 Camp shifted on Thursday from the river to studies of local plants: birch and willow, yarrow and Arctic cotton, fireweed and stinkweed. — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, "Camp aims to create homegrown scientists on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta," 21 July 2017

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First Known Use of stinkweed

1753, in the meaning defined above

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