pigweed

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pigweed

noun pigweeds

countable, uncountable Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.
countable, uncountable Amaranthus species.
countable, uncountable Chenopodium album, white goosefoot.
Similar: baconweed
countable, uncountable Portulaca bicolor, of Australia.
countable, uncountable Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
countable, dialectal, uncommon, uncountable Heracleum sphondylium.
Similar: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed

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@misc{pigweed_2026,
  title = {pigweed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pigweed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}