squawweed

See also: squaw weed

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From squaw +‎ weed.

Noun

squawweed (usually uncountable, plural squawweeds)

  1. Any of several species of plants of North America:
    1. golden ragwort (Packera aurea, syn. Senecio aureus)
      Synonyms: golden groundsel, golden squawweed, heart-leaf groundsel, liferoot
    2. roundleaf ragwort (Packera obovata, syn. Senecio obovatus)
      Synonyms: spoon-leaved ragwort, roundleaf groundsel
    3. Texas ragwort (Senecio ampullaceus)
      Synonyms: Texas squaw-weed, Texas groundsel, Texas butterweed
    4. common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
      Synonym: old-man-in-the-spring
    5. threadleaf groundsel (Senecio flaccidus)
      Synonyms: Douglas senecio, threadleaf ragwort
    6. white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima, syn. Eupatorium rugosum)
      Synonyms: richweed, white sanicle
    7. purplestem aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
      Synonyms: red-stalk aster, red-stemmed aster, red-stem aster, swamp aster, early purple aster, cocash, swanweed, meadow scabish

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