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noun
Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
street names for marijuana
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, Mary Jane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja
noun
any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crazyweed, crazy weed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legume, leguminous plant
Narrower terms: purple locoweed, purple loco, Oxytropis lambertii
History
From Spanish loco (“mad, insane”) + weed.
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