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pigweed

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Etymology

From pig + weed.

Noun

pigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)

  1. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
    • 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 11:
      He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.
    1. Amaranthus species.
    2. Chenopodium album, white goosefoot.
      Synonym: baconweed
    3. Portulaca bicolor, of Australia.
    4. Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
    5. (uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium.
      Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed

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