Usually means: Small, white-flowered, North American plant.
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  1. thimbleweed: Merriam-Webster
  2. thimbleweed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. thimbleweed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. thimbleweed: Vocabulary.com
  5. thimbleweed: Wordnik
  6. thimbleweed: Wiktionary
  7. thimbleweed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. thimbleweed: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. thimbleweed: Dictionary.com
  10. Thimbleweed: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Thimbleweed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. thimbleweed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. thimbleweed: Rhymezone
  14. Thimbleweed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. thimbleweed: FreeDictionary.org
  16. thimbleweed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. thimbleweed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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  1. thimbleweed: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thimbleweed)

▸ noun:  Any of various plants whose heads resemble thimbles, including
▸ noun:  Rudbeckia laciniata
▸ noun:  Anemone virginiana
▸ noun:  Anemone cylindrica

Similar:
anemone cylindrica, thimbleberry, European thimbleweed, meadowrue, lady's thimble, thistle, bindweed, Queen Anne's thimbles, redleg, thalictrum, more...

Opposite:
needlegrass, spear grass

Phrases:
longheaded thimbleweed, virginia thimbleweed, Thimbleweed Park, more...

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Similar:
anemone cylindrica, thimbleberry, European thimbleweed, meadowrue, lady's thimble, thistle, bindweed, Queen Anne's thimbles, redleg, thalictrum, more...

Opposite:
needlegrass, spear grass

Phrases:
longheaded thimbleweed, virginia thimbleweed, Thimbleweed Park, more...



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