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consumption weed - 2 dictionary results

consumption weed


Origin:
1820–30, Americanism

groundsel tree

–noun
a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
Also called consumption weed.


Origin:
1735–45
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