stinkweed

[stingk-weed]

noun

1. any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.

2. tree of heaven.

stinkweed

/ ˈstɪŋkˌwiːd /

noun

1. Also called: wall mustard. a plant, Diplotaxis muralis, naturalized in Britain and S and central Europe, having pale yellow flowers, cylindrical seed pods, and a disagreeable smell when bruised: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

2. any of various other ill-smelling plants, such as mayweed

Word History and Origins

Origin of stinkweed¹

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; stink + weed ¹

Example Sentences

A disparate group met in an Illinois field on a windy spring morning to study a crop some call stinkweed.

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But like stinkweed in a bouquet of roses, the studies also produced one jarringly discordant finding: Republicans are significantly less likely to view fact-checkers favorably.

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They will refuse to give up their stinkweeds.

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The group of about 25 people came to survey one of the first large-scale plantings of covercress, the genetically tweaked version of stinkweed, or pennycress.

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A disparate group met in an Illinois field on a windy spring morning to study a crop some call stinkweed.

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