English Explanatory Dictionary

squawweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of plants of North America:
  2. golden ragwort (Packera aurea, syn. Senecio aureus)
  3. roundleaf ragwort (Packera obovata, syn. Senecio obovatus)
  4. Texas ragwort (Senecio ampullaceus)
  5. common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
  6. threadleaf groundsel (Senecio flaccidus)
  7. white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima, syn. Eupatorium rugosum)
  8. purplestem aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)

Word forms

squawweed squawweeds squaw weed

Etymology

From squaw + weed.

Synonyms

golden groundsel golden squawweed heart-leaf groundsel liferoot spoon-leaved ragwort roundleaf groundsel Texas squaw-weed Texas groundsel Texas butterweed old-man-in-the-spring Douglas senecio threadleaf ragwort richweed white sanicle red-stalk aster red-stemmed aster red-stem aster swamp aster early purple aster cocash swanweed meadow scabish
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