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capeweed

Today it means: The asteraceous plant, Arctotheca calendula, native to South Africa but widely introduced elsewhere and considered an invasive weed. Full definition →

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The story

From cape (“referring to Western Cape Province”) + weed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.