hogweed
pronunciation
How to pronounce hogweed in British English:
UK [ˈhɒgwi:d]
How to pronounce hogweed in American English:
US [ˈhɔgwid]
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- Noun:
- tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers
Word Origin
- hogweed (n.)
- 1707, from hog (n.) + weed; used in different places of various plants eaten by hogs or deemed fit only for them.
Example
- 1. Danish scurvy-grass has discovered a taste for motorway verges ; the spectacular giant hogweed spreads outward from formal gardens along rivers .
- 2. Unable to identify one plant growing on his doorstep , he leaves it alone and lets it grow : it turns out to be a giant hogweed .
- 3. Hogweed is new york 's most striking , dangerous and invasive plant , and its sap " can make a case of poison ivy seem like a mild itch . "