horseweed
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English
Etymology
Noun
horseweed (countable and uncountable, plural horseweeds)
- Any of various flowering plants of the genus Conyza.
- A plant of the species Cichorium intybus
- A plant of the species Ambrosia trifida.
Synonyms
(Cichorium intybus):
- common chicory
- wild chicory
- common succory, wild succory (archaic)
- Italian dandelion
- witloof
- Belgian endive
- French endive
- horseweed
- garden endive
- wild endive
- blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailor, blue weed
- coffeeweed
- cornflower, ragged sailor, succory
- wild bachelor's button / wild bachelor's-button, chicory button
Translations
a flowering plant of a number of the genus Conyza