Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spikeweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spike-weed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several annual herbaceous plants native to California, belonging to the genus Centromadia (family Asteraceae), characterized by spiny involucral bracts and typically found in seasonally dry or disturbed habitats.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The northern plain was formerly dominated by Casuarina trees and a carpet of Spikeweed. Once the Spikeweed had been removed, a ground cover of indigenous Little sticky seed soon developed."

Usage

Inflected Forms

spikeweeds (plural)

Synonyms

common spikeweed common tarweed

Questions

What does spikeweed mean?: Any of several annual herbaceous plants native to California, belonging to the genus Centromadia (family Asteraceae), characterized by spiny involucral bracts and typically found in seasonally dry or disturbed habitats.

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