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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers;
[syn: rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum]

2. any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock;
[syn: gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rosinweed \Ros"in*weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass. (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rosinweed n 1: North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers [syn: rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum] 2: any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock [syn: gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed]