may|weed

may|weed
may|weed «MAY WEED», noun.
a weed of the composite family found in Europe, Asia, and America, having flower heads with a yellow disk and white rays and ill-smelling foliage; dog fennel.
[< unrecorded maythe-weed < obsolete maythe, the same plant, Old English mægtha, magethe]

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