pinweed

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of several slender North American herbs of the genus Lechea, with many small leaves and tiny flowers

   The naturalist found pinweed growing in the dry, sandy clearing.

A compound of pin + weed, probably referring to the plant's very small, pinlike leaves or narrow growth. The name is especially applied to species of Lechea in the rockrose family.

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