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stinkweed

stinkweed

1 9.0
A smelly weed with round flat seed pods
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪŋkˌwiːd/
  • UK
translation icon : hierba hedionda
  • Smell the stinkweed gag
  • a little stinkweed

Examples

  • You're shooting up like a stinkweed.

  • Get out there and annihilate those stinkweeds!

  • You're in it now, you little stinkweed.

  • Those stinkweeds are another sign of your decadence.

  • Beni, you little stinkweed.

  • It smelled of mud, urine, and stinkweed, but underneath all those things, it smelled wonderful.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • She saw that within the mouth, hideous and odorous with stinkweed, were tiny filed teeth, pointy as those of a pike or piranha.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Reefer, pot, gang, dope, herb, blunt, Mary Jane's stinkweed, buds, skunk, blaze.

  • The fields were overrun with stinkweed, leaving a strong odor that made it hard to breathe.

  • As we walked through the meadow, the pungent smell of stinkweed filled the air.

Synonyms

penny grass
vsstinkweed
  • US
9.8

A smelly weed with round flat seed pods that grows in fields

is a general name rather than that specific common name
Thlaspi arvense
vsstinkweed
  • Specialized
9.9

A common weed from Europe and Asia with round flat seed pods and a strong unpleasant smell

is the common, everyday name rather than the scientific label
field pennycress
vsstinkweed
  • UK
9.0

A wild plant with a strong smell and round flat seed pods

uses a more negative term to stress the bad smell
fanweed
vsstinkweed
  • Specialized
9.9

A smelly weed with round flat seed pods from Europe and Asia now growing in North America

is the widely used common name rather than this alternate name
French weed
vsstinkweed
  • US
9.9

A plant with a bad smell and flat round seed pods that spread easily

is neutral and identifies the plant without a regional label
mithridate mustard
vsstinkweed
9.9

A weed from Europe and Asia with a strong smell and round flat seed pods now common in North America

is the general common name not highlighting mustard relation

Surface Forms

stinkweed singular
stinkweeds plural

Morphology

stinkweed = stink + weed (transparent) = stink + weed

A straightforward compound 'stink' + 'weed' meaning a weed that emits a foul smell; learners who know both components can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Stinkweed joins stink ('bad smell') and weed ('unwanted plant'), so you can remember it as a smelly, unwanted plant. It was used for a foul-smelling Eurasian plant with round, flat pods that now grows across North America.