pigweed

English

Etymology

From pig +‎ weed.

Noun

pigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)

1. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
   • 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 11:

     He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.

   1. Amaranthus species
   2. Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
   3. Portulaca bicolor, of Australia
   4. Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)
   5. (uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium

      Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed

Translations

plant of genus Amaranthus — see amaranth

Chenopodium albumää — see white goosefoot

Portulaca bicolor