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sneezeweed
[sneez-weed]
noun
any of several coarse composite plants of the genus Helenium, the flowers of which resemble sunflowers and cause sneezing.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sneezeweed1
Example Sentences
Clumping growth on the sneezeweed fills out until midsummer, then sends up flowering stalks for a generous bloom season that carries well into fall.
They planted butterfly milkweed, prairie blazing star, stiff goldenrod, sneezeweed, black-eyed Susan and partridge pea, all without tilling the land.
Whoever cares to learn from experience why this was called sneezeweed, must take a whiff of snuff made of the dried and powdered leaves.
Whoever cares to learn from experience why this was called the sneezeweed, must take a whiff of snuff made of the dried and powdered leaves.
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