noun
- any of various sticky or resinous plants of western North America, especially those of the sunflower family
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The hikers’ clothes were covered with tarweed seeds after walking through the field.
- Tarweed blooms in late summer with small yellow flowers.
- The sticky nature of tarweed makes it cling to passing animals.
- California tarweed is common in dry grasslands.
- The botanist identified several species of tarweed in the preserve.
- Tarweed can be difficult to remove from clothing due to its resinous coating.