staggerweed
staggerweed noun: a flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it.
Noun
staggerweed (countable and uncountable, plural staggerweeds)
- A flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it.
- Synonyms:
- corn woundwort, field stachys, field woundwort, hedge-nettle, wild mint
- Consolida regalis (syn. Delphinium consolida)
- Synonyms:
- rocket larkspur, forking larkspur, field larkspur
- Corydalis cava
- Synonyms:
- moschatel, five-faced bishop, hollowroot, muskroot, townhall clock, tuberous crowfoot
- Delphinium spp. (larkspurs)
- Delphinium tricorne (dwarf larkspur)
- Dicentra eximia (syn. Fumaria eximia)
- Synonyms:
- turkey corn, wild bleeding-heart
- Dicentra canadensis (squirrel corn)
- Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches)
- Helenium autumnale
- Synonyms:
- common sneezeweed, large-flowered sneezeweed
- Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea, staggerwort)
- Synonyms:
- ragwort, common ragwort, smegplant, stinking willie, tansy ragwort, St. James' wort, stinking nanny, stinking ninny, stinking willy, dog standard
Synonyms of staggerweed
- corn woundwort
- field stachys
- field woundwort
- hedge-nettle
- wild mint
- rocket larkspur
- forking larkspur
- field larkspur
- moschatel
- five-faced bishop
22 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- hollowroot
- muskroot
- townhall clock
- tuberous crowfoot
- turkey corn
- wild bleeding-heart
- common sneezeweed
- large-flowered sneezeweed
- ragwort
- common ragwort
- smegplant
- stinking willie
- tansy ragwort
- St. James' wort
- stinking nanny
- stinking ninny
- stinking willy
- dog standard
- cankerwort
- stammerwort
- tansy
- benweed
Forms of staggerweed
| plural | staggerweeds |
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Origin of staggerweed
From stagger + weed.
Questions about staggerweed
- What does staggerweed mean?
- Staggerweed means a flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it.
- What part of speech is staggerweed?
- Staggerweed is a noun.
- What is the plural of staggerweed?
- The plural of staggerweed is staggerweeds.
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