horseweed
Plural: horseweeds
Noun
- erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
- common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
- Any of various flowering plants of the genus Conyza.
- A plant of the species Cichorium intybus
- A plant of the species Ambrosia trifida.
- A plant of the species Erigeron canadensis.
Origin / Etymology
From horse + weed.
Synonyms
Canadian fleabane, Collinsonia canadensis, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane, horse balm, richweed, stone root, stone-root, stoneroot, Belgian endive, French endive, Italian dandelion, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailor, blue weed, chicory button, coffeeweed, common chicory, common succory, cornflower, garden endive, ragged sailor, succory, wild bachelor's button, wild bachelor's-button, wild chicory, wild endive, wild succory, witloof
Scrabble Score: 16
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