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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers [syn: rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum]
2: any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock [syn: gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1831 any of several American plants (as the compass plant) having resinous foliage or a resinous odor

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rosinweed Ros"in*weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass. (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.