markweed

Questions about markweed

What is another word for markweed?

It depends which markweed you mean. In the sense “climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact”, the synonyms are poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak, Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicans. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of markweed?

WordNet records no antonym for markweed. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for markweed come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of markweed

• Full entry for markweedAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for markweedWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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