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stinkweed

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stink·weed  (stngkwd)
n.
Any of various plants that have flowers or foliage with an unpleasant odor.
stinkweed [ˈstɪŋkˌwiːd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called wall mustard a plant, Diplotaxis muralis, naturalized in Britain and S and central Europe, having pale yellow flowers, cylindrical seed pods, and a disagreeable smell when bruised: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other ill-smelling plants, such as mayweed
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Noun1.stinkweed - foetid Eurasian weed having round flat podsstinkweed - foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
fanweed, field pennycress, French weed, mithridate mustard, penny grass, Thlaspi arvense
genus Thlaspi, Thlaspi - herbs of temperate regions: pennycress
pennycress - any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi
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