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skunkweed

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skunk⋅weed

[skuhngk-weed]
–noun
any of various plants having an unpleasant odor, as the skunk cabbage.

Origin:
1730–40; skunk + weed 1
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skunk·weed   (skŭngk'wēd')   
n.  A dioecious, ill-smelling, dichotomously branched annual plant (Croton texensis) of the central and southwest United States.
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