scaleweed
scaleweed noun: synonym of pennycress.
Noun
scaleweed (usually uncountable, plural scaleweeds)
- Synonym of pennycress.
- Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.1944, Oregon. Agricultural experiment station, Circular of Information - Issues 323-395, page 3
- To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others.1951, Practical Butter Manufacture, a Manual for Buttermakers, page 25
- Synonyms:
- pennycress
Synonyms of scaleweed
Forms of scaleweed
| plural | scaleweeds |
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Origin of scaleweed
From scale + weed.
Questions about scaleweed
- What does scaleweed mean?
- Scaleweed means synonym of pennycress.
- What part of speech is scaleweed?
- Scaleweed is a noun.
- What is the plural of scaleweed?
- The plural of scaleweed is scaleweeds.
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