famine weed

English

Noun

famine weed (countable and uncountable, plural famine weeds)

1. A plant of the species Parthenium hysterophorus, native to Central America, considered invasive in Africa, India, Australia

Synonyms

• bitterweed
• carrot-grass
• carrot grass
• congress grass
• congress-grass
• false ragweed
• feverfew
• parthenium
• Parthenium hysterophorus
• parthenium weed
• parthenium-weed
• ragweed parthenium
• Santa Maria
• Santa-Maria
• Santa Maria feverfew
• Santa-Maria feverfew
• whitetop
• whitetop-weed
• whitetop weed

Hypernyms

• parthenium
• weed

Coordinate terms

• parthenin

Translations

Parthenium hysterophorus

• Portuguese: coentro-do-mato, losna-branca
• Spanish: cicutilla, escoba amarga