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Definition of pipeweed in English:

pipeweed

noun

  • 1Any of various plants having straight, slender, especially hollow or unbranched stems, especially field horsetail (Equisetum arvense), and (US) (more fully "Indian pipeweed") a North American desert plant having erect leafless stems which are swollen near the top, Eriogonum inflatum (family Polygonaceae).

  • 2Pipe tobacco; (also) the prepared leaves of any plant used as a substance to be smoked in a pipe.

Origin

Early 18th century (in an earlier sense). From pipe + weed.

Pronunciation

pipeweed

/ˈpʌɪpwiːd/