What does "pissabed" mean?

Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.

What is a synonym for "pissabed"?

Common synonyms include: pissy bed.

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
"Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die […] The chief of these was the pissabed."
2
Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc. dialectal
3
A bedwetter. archaic, slang

"Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die […] The chief of these was the pissabed."

From piss + bed or piss + abed, so called after the dandelion's supposed diuretic effect. Compare French pissenlit.

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