"pigweed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pigweeds [plural]
Etymology: From pig + weed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pig|weed}} pig + weed Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)
  1. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
    Amaranthus species
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Celery family plants
    Sense id: en-pigweed-en-noun-n~bhHwLF Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 16 20 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 16 19 16 16 16 16
  2. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
    Chenopodium album, white goosefoot
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Amaranth subfamily plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Celery family plants, Goosefoot subfamily plants
    Sense id: en-pigweed-en-noun-Rn5K1LLp Disambiguation of Amaranth subfamily plants: 16 25 15 15 15 15 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 16 20 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 16 19 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 12 39 12 12 13 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 13 15 15 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 42 7 13 17 7
  3. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
    Portulaca bicolor, of Australia
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Celery family plants
    Sense id: en-pigweed-en-noun-fRFmIBCd Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 16 20 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 16 19 16 16 16 16
  4. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
    Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Celery family plants
    Sense id: en-pigweed-en-noun-IPDOqsbe Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 16 20 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 16 19 16 16 16 16
  5. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder
    (uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium
    Tags: countable, dialectal, uncommon, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Celery family plants Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed
    Sense id: en-pigweed-en-noun-QE-b7DC9 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 16 20 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 16 19 16 16 16 16
  6. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Celery family plants
    Sense id: en-pigweed-en-noun-gKXcX4~Z Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 16 20 16 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 16 19 16 16 16 16

Inflected forms

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