Oxytrope

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of locoweed.

Etymology

From translingual Oxytropis, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρόπις (trópis, “keel”).

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