skunkweed

noun

: any of several offensive-smelling herbs: such as

a

: skunk cabbage

b

: an annual Californian weed (Gilia squarrosa)

c

: a Rocky Mountain sticky-leaved herb (Polemonium viscosum)

d

: joe-pye weed

Word History

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined above

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