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HOGWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hogweed mean? 

HOGWEED (noun)
  The noun HOGWEED has 1 sense:

1. tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowersplay

  Familiarity information: HOGWEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOGWEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cow parsnip; Heracleum sphondylium; hogweed

Hypernyms ("hogweed" 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 ("hogweed" is a member of...):

genus Heracleum; Heracleum (widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers)


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