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vinegarweed

vinegarweed

9.9
A plant that smells strongly like vinegar and grows wild in the western United States
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪnɪɡərˌwid/
  • US
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  • Hikers often recognize vinegarweed by its pungent aroma along California trails.

Examples

  • The ranch was dotted with patches of vinegarweed, releasing a distinctive scent in the summer heat.

  • Some gardeners avoid vinegarweed because of its strong smell, despite its attractive flowers.

  • The vinegarweed grows abundantly in the desert.

  • Have you ever smelled vinegarweed before?

  • Hikers often recognize vinegarweed by its pungent aroma along California trails.

  • The ranch was dotted with patches of vinegarweed, releasing a distinctive scent in the summer heat.

  • Some gardeners avoid vinegarweed because of its strong smell, despite its attractive flowers.

Synonyms

Trichostema lanceolatum
vsvinegarweed
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant from the western United States with a strong smell called vinegar weed or turpentine weed

is the same plant name used in ordinary descriptions
turpentine camphor weed
vsvinegarweed
  • US
9.6

A plant from western United States with a strong smell and sticky resin on its leaves

has a sharp sour smell rather than a resinous scent

Surface Forms

vinegarweed singular
vinegarweeds plural

Morphology

vinegarweed = vinegar + weed (transparent) = vinegar + weed

A straightforward compound: a plant (weed) characterized by a vinegar-like smell, so knowledge of the parts yields the meaning.

Etymology

The word vinegarweed is just vinegar + weed, named because the plant gives off a strong 'vinegar' smell. So, to remember vinegarweed, imagine a wild plant on the trail that smells like spilled vinegar.