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ˈsneezeweed
Also sneeze-weed.
[f. sneeze v.]
1. U.S. The plant Helenium autumnale, or other species of the same genus.
1856A. Gray Man. Bot. 224 Helenium autumnale, L. (Sneeze-weed). 1857― First Less. Bot. (1866) 130 In the Sunflower..it consists of two thin scales..; in the Sneeze⁓weed, of about five very thin scales. 1885J. M. Coulter Bot. Rocky Mt. Region 196.
2. Austr. (See quots.)
The two quotations refer to the same plant.
1877F. von Mueller Bot. Teachings 58 The Sneeze-weed (Cotula or Centipeda Cunninghamii). A dwarf, erect,..odorous herb;..can be converted into snuff. 1889J. H. Maiden Usef. Pl. 195 Myriogyne minuta,..‘Sneezeweed’ of Southern New South Wales. |