English Explanatory Dictionary

silverweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath, some now assigned to the genus Argentina, most previously assigned to genus Potentilla.
  2. A plant of species Blutaparon vermiculare.

Word forms

silverweed silverweeds

Etymology

From silver + weed.

Synonyms

goose grass

Derived words

common silverweed (Argentina anserina New Zealand silverweed Eged's silverweed Pacific silverweed
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