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Neckweed
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noun
Neckweed
n. (Bot.)
(a)
An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.
(b)
The hemp; so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.
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"Neckweed" Quotes from Famous Books
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time the vulgar name for Hemp was
Neckweed
, and there is a curious account of it under that name by William Bullein, in "The Booke of Compounds,"
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— The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare • Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
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