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
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