HORSEWEED
horseweed, Canadian fleabane, fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis
(noun) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
horseweed (countable and uncountable, plural horseweeds)
Any of various flowering plants of the genus Conyza.
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus
Synonyms
• (Cichorium intybus): common chicory, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, ragged sailor, succory, wild bachelor's button, chicory button, wild endive
Anagrams
• shoreweed
Source: Wiktionary
Horse"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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