neckweed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

neck +‎ weed

Noun[edit]

neckweed (usually uncountable, plural neckweeds)

  1. An American annual weed (Veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.
  2. (humorous, archaic) The hemp plant, which furnishes ropes for hanging criminals.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 1863-1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the Popular Names of British Plants

“neckweed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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