hogweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any coarse weedy herb.
An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic.
Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.

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From hog + weed, so named because of its use as feed for pigs.

pig's cole pigweed cow parsnip pig's parsnip clogweed cadweed

goatweed hogwort

giant hogweed

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