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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tarweed  \Tar"weed`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  several  resinous-glandular  composite  plants 
  of  California,  esp.  to  the  species  of  {Grindelia}, 
  {Hemizonia},  and  {Madia}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tarweed 
  n  1:  any  of  various  resinous  glandular  plants  of  the  genus  Madia; 
  of  western  North  and  South  America 
  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},  {rosinweed}]




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