HORSEWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horseweed mean? 

• HORSEWEED (noun)
  The noun HORSEWEED has 2 senses:

1. erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States

2. common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

  Familiarity information: HORSEWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSEWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Collinsonia canadensis; horse balm; horseweed; richweed; stone-root; stone root; stoneroot

Hypernyms ("horseweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("horseweed" is a member of...):

Collinsonia; genus Collinsonia (small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canadian fleabane; Conyza canadensis; Erigeron canadensis; fleabane; horseweed

Hypernyms ("horseweed" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("horseweed" is a member of...):

Conyza; genus Conyza (common American weed or wildflower)