tinker's weed

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Definition of tinker's weed words

noun tinker's weed any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits. 1

before 1835

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