capeweed

capeweed
/kayp"weed'/, n.
a low-growing, creeping plant, Arctotheca calendulacea, used as a ground cover in warm climates.
[1875-80; CAPE2 (after the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, where the plant is native) + WEED1]

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