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bishopsweed

bishopsweed is the alternative form of bishop's weed.

Meaning of bishop's weed

Noun

bishop's weed (countable and uncountable, plural bishop's weeds)

  1. Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed, goutweed), a common weed of temperate regions.
  2. Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga); toothpickweed.
  3. Ammi majus (false bishop's weed, laceflower), an umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
    Synonyms:
    bullwort, ground-elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed
  4. Houttuynia cordata (heartleaf, lizard tail).
  5. Trachyspermum ammi (ajwain), of which the flower pods and leaves are used as a spice and herb in parts of Asia and Africa.

Origin of bishopsweed

From bishop + -s- + weed.

Questions about bishopsweed

What is bishopsweed the alternative form of?
Bishopsweed is the alternative form of bishop's weed.

Words near bishopsweed in the dictionary

  1. Bishopsteignton
  2. Bishopstoke
  3. Bishopston
  4. Bishopstone
  5. Bishopstown
  6. bishopsweed
  7. Bishopsworth
  8. Bishopthorpe
  9. Bishopton
  10. Bishopville
  11. bishopweed

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