pigweed
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English
Etymology
Noun
pigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)
- Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
- 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 11:
- He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.
- Amaranthus species
- Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
- Portulaca bicolor, of Australia
- Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)
- (uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium
- Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed
Translations
plant of genus Amaranthus — see amaranth
Chenopodium albumää — see white goosefoot
Portulaca bicolor