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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