pigweed
pigweed noun: any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder.
Noun
pigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)
- Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
- He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 11
- Amaranthus species.
- Chenopodium album, white goosefoot.
- Synonyms:
- baconweed
- Portulaca bicolor, of Australia.
- Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
- Heracleum sphondylium.
- Synonyms:
- pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed
pigweed meaning in Tamil
pigweed in Tamil
- பருப்புக்கீரை பன்றிக்கீரை
Synonyms of pigweed
Forms of pigweed
| plural | pigweeds |
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Origin of pigweed
From pig + weed.
Words formed from pigweed
- procumbent pigweed
- prostrate pigweed
- red-rooted pigweed
- redroot pigweed
Questions about pigweed
- What does pigweed mean?
- Pigweed means any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder.
- What is pigweed in Tamil?
- Pigweed in Tamil is பருப்புக்கீரை பன்றிக்கீரை. See Pigweed meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pigweed?
- Pigweed is a noun.
- What is the plural of pigweed?
- The plural of pigweed is pigweeds.
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