Pigweed

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant, one of the goosefoots, Chenopodium album, also called lamb's-quarters and baconweed. It is sometimes used as a pot-herb. The name extends more or less to other species of the genus.
  • noun. The green amaranth, Amarantus retroflexus, a common weed around sties and barn-yards.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A name of several annual weeds. See goosefoot, and lamb's-quarters.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder: Amaranthus, Chenopodium album, and Portulaca.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. leaves collected from the wild
  • noun. common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
  • noun. leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China
    • Word Usage
    "Something appropriate, following the example of Amaranth Advisors LLC, the collapsed hedge fund (named after the herb also known as pigweed)."
    cross-reference
    winged pigweed  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    amaranth  goosefoot  green  greens  leafy vegetable  
    variant
    goosefoot  lamb's-quarters  
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