rosinweed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers
    Silphium laciniatum.
  2. noun any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
    gumweed; gum plant; tarweed.

WordNet


Ros"in*weed` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass. (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.

Webster 1913