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rosinweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ros-in-weed
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell; for example, several species in the genus Silphium in the composite family.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From rosin + weed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rosinweeds (plural)

Synonyms

gumweed gum plant tarweed silphium laciniatum

Questions

What does rosinweed mean?
Any of various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell; for example, several species in the genus Silphium in the composite family.
Where does rosinweed come from?
From rosin + weed.

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