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matchweed

noun

any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches

• Syn: ↑matchbush

• Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex

• Hyponyms:

↑little-head snakeweed, ↑Gutierrezia microcephala, ↑rabbitweed, ↑rabbit-weed, ↑snakeweed, ↑broom snakeweed, ↑broom snakeroot, ↑turpentine weed, ↑Gutierrezia sarothrae, ↑broomweed, ↑broom-weed, ↑Gutierrezia texana

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gutierrezia, ↑genus Gutierrezia

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: probably from match (III)

: any of various plants of the genus Gutierrezia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.