clearweedn.
U.S.
A North American plant ( Pilea pumila) of the nettle family; rich-weed.
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ettle1688
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1822 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. IX. 157 Plants, which are indigenous in the township of Middlebury [Vt.] ..Urtica pumila Clear-weed.
1863 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 4) 399 Pilea pumila. Richweed. Clearweed... Stems smooth and shining, pellucid.
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 406 A nettle with succulent, semi-transparent stems is called Clearweed (Pilea pumila).
1939 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 220/2 Such are the wood and false nettles..or the lowly bedstraws, clearweeds, pellitories, and three-seeded mercury.
1963 H. A. Gleason & A. Cronquist Man. Vascular Plants 257 Pilea pumila (L.) Gray. Clearweed.
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