Pissabed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pissabed is a noun meaning Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
Meaning
Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
More Meanings
- (dialect) Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
- (slang, archaic) A bedwetter.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- pissabeds
- pissy-bed
- pissy bed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include taraxacum, dandelion, dassiepis, azedarach, pilewort, brookweed.
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