English Explanatory Dictionary

witchweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops.

Word forms

witchweed witchweeds

Etymology

Calque of translingual Striga (literally “witch”). By surface analysis, witch + weed.

Derived words

Asiatic witchweed cowpea witchweed giant witchweed purple witchweed

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