- thim|ble|weed
- thim|ble|weed «THIHM buhl WEED», noun.any one of various plants whose fruiting heads have the form and markings of a thimble, such as an anemone and a rudbeckia.
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thimbleweed — thim•ble•weed [[t]ˈθɪm bəlˌwid[/t]] n. pln any of several plants that have a thimble shaped fruiting head, esp. either of two white flowered buttercups, Anemone riparia or A virginiana[/ex] • Etymology: 1825–35, amer … From formal English to slang
Thimbleweed — Thim ble*weed , n. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus {Rudbeckia}, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; so called from their conical receptacles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
