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Clotweed
Clotweed Clot"weed`, n. [See Clote.] Cocklebur.
Driftweed
Driftweed Drift"weed`, n. Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. --Darwin.
Fitweed
Fitweed Fit"weed`, n. (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium f[oe]tidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.
Frostweed
Frostweed Frost"weed`, n. (Bot.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic. Note: It has large yellow flowers which are often sterile, and later it has abundant but inconspicuous flowers which bear seed. It is so called because, late in autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark at the root; -- called also frostwort.
Jointweed
Jointweed Joint"weed`, n. (Bot.) A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
Knotweed
Knotweed Knot"weed" (n>ocr/t"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.) See Knot?rass.
Matweed
Matweed Mat"weed`, n. (Bot.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.
Outweed
Outweed Out*weed", v. t. To weed out. [Obs.]
Smartweed
Smartweed Smart"weed`, n. (Bot.) An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
Sweetweed
Sweetweed Sweet"weed`, n. (Bot.) A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.
Trumpetweed
Trumpetweed Trump"et*weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads. (b) The sea trumpet.
Tweedle
Tweedle Twee"dle, v. t. [Cf. Twiddle.] [Written also twidle.] 1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. --Addison. 2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tweedledum and Tweedledee Twee"dle*dum` and Twee"dle*dee` Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire ``On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.'
Wartweed
Wartweed Wart"weed`, n. (Bot.) Same as Wartwort.

Meaning of Tweed from wikipedia

- Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with...
- William Magear "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the...
- Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified...
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ˈbɛrɪk/ ), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km)...
- The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, Scots: Watter o Tweid, Welsh: Tuedd), is a river 97 miles (156 km) long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland...
- tweed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tweed is a woollen fabric. Tweed may also refer to: Tweed, Ontario, Canada Tweed, Ontario (village) Tweed,...
- Harris tweed (Scottish Gaelic: Clò mór or Clò hearach) is a tweed cloth that is handwoven by islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland...
- Mervin C. Tweed (born August 6, 1955) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Brandon—Souris in the House of Commons of Canada from...
- Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport (IATA: HVN, ICAO: KHVN, FAA LID: HVN) is a public airport located three miles southeast of downtown New Haven, in New...
- Tweed Heads is a coastal city at the mouth of the Tweed River in the Northern Rivers region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tweed Heads is...