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noun
A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex
History
From chaff + weed.
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