thimbleweed

thim·ble·weed

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Definitions of thimbleweed word

noun thimbleweed any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana. 1
noun thimbleweed any of various plants having a thimble-shaped fruit, esp an American anemone, Anemone virginiana, and a rudbeckia, Rudbeckia laciniata 0
noun thimbleweed any of various plants with thimble-shaped receptacles 0
noun thimbleweed any of several anemones with elongated cylindrical heads of woolly achenes 0
noun thimbleweed any of several rudbeckias 0

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1825-35; thimble + weed1

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