English Explanatory Dictionary

pigweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
  2. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
  3. Amaranthus species.
  4. Chenopodium album, white goosefoot.
  5. Portulaca bicolor, of Australia.
  6. Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
  7. Heracleum sphondylium.

Word forms

pigweed pigweeds

Etymology

From pig + weed.

Synonyms

baconweed pig's cole hogweed cow parsnip pig's parsnip clogweed cadweed

Derived words

procumbent pigweed prostrate pigweed red-rooted pigweed redroot pigweed
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