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Definition of Rosinweed

1. Noun. North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers.

2. Noun. Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock.

Definition of Rosinweed

1. n. The compass plant. See under Compass.

Definition of Rosinweed

1. Noun. The compass plant. ¹

2. Noun. (US California) Any of various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rosinweed

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Medical Definition of Rosinweed

1. The compass plant. See Compass. A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosinweed

rosin rosin bag rosin paper rosin papers rosinate rosinates rosined rosiness rosinesses rosing

rosining rosinol rosinols rosinous rosins rosinweed (current term) rosinweeds rosiny rosish rosit

rosita rosited rositing rosits rosland rosmarine rosmarinic acid rosocyanine rosoglio rosoglios

Literary usage of Rosinweed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... acute, or the inner obtuse; ligules 15-23, yellow, 2-3 cm. long. rosinweed Prairies: Mich.—Miss.—Tex.—Colo.—Minn. Plain. Au-S. 61. ..."

2. Botany All the Year Round: A Practical Text-book for Schools by Eliza Frances Andrews (1903)
"A very remarkable adjustment is that of the rosinweed, or compass plant ... A compass plant, rosinweed (Silphium ..."

3. Bulletin by Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Thomas McAdory Owen (1918)
"... 194 Rosette galls, 30 small, 193 rosinweed, 204 rosinweed flower wasp, 203, 204 rosinweed stem wasp, ..."

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