Pigweed

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder countable, uncountable

    "He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed."

  2. 2
    leaves collected from the wild wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:; Amaranthus species. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:; Chenopodium album, white goosefoot. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:; Portulaca bicolor, of Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:; Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:; Heracleum sphondylium. countable, dialectal, uncommon, uncountable

Etymology

From pig + weed.

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