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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rosinweed  \Ros"in*weed`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  compass  plant.  See  under  {Compass}. 
  b  A  name  given  in  California  to  various  composite  plants 
  which  secrete  resins  or  have  a  resinous  smell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rosinweed 
  n  1:  North  American  perennial  having  a  resinous  odor  and  yellow 
  flowers  [syn:  {Silphium  laciniatum}] 
  2:  any  of  various  western  American  plants  of  the  genus 
  Grindelia  having  resinous  leaves  and  stems  formerly  used 
  medicinally;  often  poisonous  to  livestock  [syn:  {gumweed}, 
  {gum  plant},  {tarweed}] 




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