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pissabed

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
  2. Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
  3. A bedwetter.

Examples

“Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die […] The chief of these was the pissabed.”
The tufted hillock […] had no buildings on and only golden clumps of piss-the-bed that were not yet gone into misty balls of seed.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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