stinkweed
Americannoun
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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)
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any of various other ill-smelling plants, such as mayweed
Etymology
Origin of stinkweed
Example Sentences
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A disparate group met in an Illinois field on a windy spring morning to study a crop some call stinkweed.
From Reuters
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.
From Seattle Times
They will refuse to give up their stinkweeds.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Reuters
A disparate group met in an Illinois field on a windy spring morning to study a crop some call stinkweed.
From Reuters
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