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Hogweed
Meaning
Noun
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In Celery family plants:
Any
coarse
weedy
herb.
●
In Celery family plants:
An
umbelliferous
plant
, of
genus
Heracleum, most
species
of which are phototoxic.
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In Astereae tribe plants, Celery family plants, Composites & Heliantheae tribe plants:
Certain
plants
from the
genera
Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
hogweed
English
hog
English
weed
English
weod
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
weodian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
wæd
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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