thimbleweed

American  

[thim-buhl-weed] / ˈθɪm bəlˌwid /

noun

1. any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.

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thimbleweed British  

/ ˈθɪmbəlˌwiːd /

noun

1. any of various plants having a thimble-shaped fruit, esp an American anemone, Anemone virginiana, and a rudbeckia, Rudbeckia laciniata

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Etymology

Origin of thimbleweed

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; thimble + weed ¹

Example Sentences

Gilbert was again at the helm in “Return to Monkey island” alongside longtime collaborator Dave Grossman, and what could have simply been a celebration of all things retro — see Gilbert’s own 2017 game “Thimbleweed Park” — was instead a relatively thoughtful meditation on getting older.

From Los Angeles Times

While “Thimbleweed Park” excels in crafting contrasting characters and building narrative tension out of each puzzle, it remained only a critical and crowd-funding success.

From Los Angeles Times

The game that I did earlier, Thimbleweed Park, was more kind of a retro-type game.

From The Verge

Gilbert: Well, Thimbleweed Park, because of the Kickstarter, really was geared as a “go back and play a classic” LucasArts adventure.

From The Verge

I think that was probably the lesson I really took away from Thimbleweed Park was — alongside the stuff I mentioned earlier — it’s just make sure you don’t become so entrenched in the past with stuff, which is really fun for a certain group of people but can leave a whole other group of people just feeling a little bit lost.

From The Verge