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Tarweed

Tarweed \Tar"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.

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tarweed

n. Any of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaf

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tarweed

  1. n. any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America

  2. any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock [syn: gumweed, gum plant, rosinweed]

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Tarweed

Tarweed or tarplant is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

  • Various plants in the Madieae tribe of the Asteraceae family:
    • Anisocarpus madioides
    • Blepharizonia
    • Centromadia
    • Deinandra
    • Harmonia
    • Hemizonella
    • Hemizonia
    • Holocarpha
    • Jensia
    • Madia
  • Amsinckia lycopsoides
  • '' Cuphea viscosissima

Usage examples of "tarweed".

He told them of the tarweed and the two men who appeared to be from Silden.

And the hot breath of the valley came up to them, with hot green smells on it, and with resinous sage and tarweed smells.

The wind brought a pine smell down from the hills, and the penetrating odor of tarweed and the pleasant bouquet of a skunk’s anger, smelling, since it was far away, like azaleas.