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noun
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
Amaranthus species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
Chenopodium album, white goosefoot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: baconweed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
Portulaca bicolor, of Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
Heracleum sphondylium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dialectal, uncommon, uncountable
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Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed
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noun
leaves collected from the wild
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lamb's-quarter, wild spinach
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Broader terms: greens, green, leafy vegetable
noun
leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amaranth
noun
common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lamb's-quarters, wild spinach, Chenopodium album
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: goosefoot
History
From pig + weed.
Across languages
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