triffid

Etymology


Coined by John Wyndham for his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids, by alteration of the botanical term.

Noun

 * 1) A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger
 * 2)  Any of the anemones of the genus  with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria.
 * 3) Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub.
 * 1) Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub.
 * 1) Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub.
 * 1) Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub.
 * 1) Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub.

Translations

 * Catalan: trífid
 * French: triffide
 * German: Triffid
 * Italian: trifido
 * Serbo-Croatian: трифид
 * Spanish: