Associations to the word «Rosinweed»

Wiktionary

ROSINWEED, noun. The compass plant.
ROSINWEED, noun. (US) (California) Any of various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.

Dictionary definition

ROSINWEED, noun. North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers.
ROSINWEED, noun. Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats