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Webster 1913 Edition


Hogweed

Hog′weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
A common weed (
Ambrosia artemisiæge
). See
Ambrosia
, 3.
(b)
In England, the
Heracleum Sphondylium
.

Definition 2024


hogweed

hogweed

English

Noun

hogweed (plural hogweeds)

  1. Any coarse weedy herb.
  2. An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, some of them being poisonous.
  3. Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.

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