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smart⋅weed

[smahrt-weed]
–noun
any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.

Origin:
1780–90; smart + weed 1
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smart·weed   (smärt'wēd')   
n.  Any of various marsh plants of the genus Polygonum, having sheathlike stipules and small, densely clustered pink, white, or green flowers.
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