noun
1. weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers
• Syn: ↑Eupatorium capillifolium
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
2. widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
• Syn: ↑mayweed, ↑stinking mayweed, ↑stinking chamomile, ↑Anthemis cotula
• Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anthemis, ↑genus Anthemis
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noun1. : mayweed 1
2. : an annual weed (Eupatorium capillifolium) with dissected leaves and a lax elongate inflorescence
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mayweed.
[1515-25]
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dog fennel see ↑dog's-fennel below.
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Main Entry: ↑dog
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dog fennel,
1. = mayweed. (Cf. ↑mayweed)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.