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Definition of Stinking weed
1. Noun. Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia.
Generic synonyms: Senna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinking Weed
Literary usage of Stinking weed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trinidad: Its Geography, Natural Resources, Administration, Present by Louis Antoine Aimé Gaston De Verteuil (1858)
"... also a bryony, which is rather irritating, and the coffee prepared with the
parched seeds of the Stinking-weed (Cassia Occidentalis). ..."
2. Debow's Review, Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress and Resources by R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell, James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1851)
"This is said to be excellent for ulcers, or any kind of sores, and even scrofula.
Hog Weed—A stinking weed, ..."
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