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tinker weed

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horse gentian

–noun
any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, esp. T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
Also called tinker's weed.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
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