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hogweed

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any coarse weedy herb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pig's cole, pigweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cow parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

History

Etymology

From hog + weed, so named because of its use as feed for pigs.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ауарца́ (awarcá) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Afrikaans: bereklou — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Afrikaans: beerklou — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Northern Altai: палтырган (paltïrgan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Southern Altai: балдырган (baldïrgan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Arabic: هَرْقَلِيَّة (harqaliyya) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Arabic: عُشْبَة الْخِنْزِير (ʕušba al-ḵinzīr) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Armenian: կոծուկ (kocuk) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Azerbaijani: baldırğan — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Bashkir: балтырған (baltırğan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Belarusian: баршчэ́ўнік (barščéwnik) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Breton: kegid-moc'h — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Breton: korz-babouz — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Bulgarian: хераклеум (herakleum) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Catalan: belleraca — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 独活属 (dúhuóshǔ) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Chuvash: пултран (pultran) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Chuvash: пултӑран (pult̬ăran) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • East Circassian: батыргъэн (batərğɛn) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • West Circassian: батыргъэн (batərğɛn) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Cornish: evoren — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Northern East Cree: ᐧᐄᐦᐹᔅᒄ (yiihpaaskw) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Southern East Cree: ᐧᐄᐦᐹᔥᒄ (yiihpaashkw) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Czech: bolševník — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Danish: bjørneklo — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Dutch: berenklauw — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Esperanto: herakleo — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Finnish: ukonputket — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • French: berce — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Georgian: დიყი (diq̇i) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • German: Bärenklau — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Ancient Greek: σφονδύλιον (sphondúlion) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Hungarian: medvetalp — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Irish: feabhrán — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Italian: brancorsina — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Italian: panace — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Kazakh: балдырған (baldyrğan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Khakas: палтырған (paltırğan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Komi-Zyrian: азьгум (aźgum) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Kyrgyz: балтыркан (baltırkan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Latin: spondylion — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Latvian: latvāņi — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Lithuanian: barštis — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Macedonian: свински коров (svinski korov) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Eastern Mari: полдыранвуч (poldyranvuč) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Western Mari: палдыран (paldyran) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Mingrelian: დიჸე (diʾe) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Mingrelian: ფალახარჯი (palaxarǯi) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Mingrelian: ღოღე (ɣoɣe) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Moksha: вишкярьге (viškäŕge) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Norman: bênarde — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Norman: painfais — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Norman: pannais sâovage — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Norwegian: bjørnekjeks — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Old Ruthenian: борщъ (boršč) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Old Ruthenian: барщъ (baršč) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Ossetian: сӕнк (sænk) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Persian: گلپر (golpar) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Polish: barszcz — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Portuguese: canabrás — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Portuguese: branca ursina — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Romanian: brânca-ursului — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Romansh: darsvenna — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Russian: борщеви́к (borščevík) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Russian: амбро́зия (ambrózija) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Spanish: branca ursina — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Spanish: espondilio — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Spanish: pie de oso — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Svan: ჩიჩვლა (čičvla) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Swedish: lokasläktet — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Swedish: loka — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Tatar: балтырган (baltırğan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Thai: ฮอกวีด — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Turkish: tavşancıl otu — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Turkish: öğrek otu — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Turkish: baldırgan — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاوشانجیل اوتی (tavşancıl otu) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Ottoman Turkish: بالدرغان (baldırgan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Tuvan: палдырган (paldırgan) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Udmurt: колыс (kolys) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Ukrainian: борщі́вник (borščívnyk) — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
  • Welsh: efwr — umbelliferous plant, Heracleum