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Webster 1913 Edition


Pigweed

Pig′weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A name of several annual weeds. See
Goosefoot
, and
Lamb’s-quarters
.

Definition 2024


pigweed

pigweed

English

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 2013, p. 11:
      He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.
    1. Amaranthus species
    2. Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
    3. Portulaca

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