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thimbleweed definition

☆ thimble·weed (t̸him′bəl wēd′)

noun

any of various plants with thimble-shaped receptacles; esp.,
  1. any of several anemones with elongated cylindrical heads of woolly achenes
  2. any of several rudbeckias

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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