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SOWBANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sowbane mean?
• SOWBANE (noun)
The noun SOWBANE has 1 sense:
1. herb considered fatal to swine
Familiarity information: SOWBANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herb considered fatal to swine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chenopodium hybridum; red goosefoot; sowbane
Hypernyms ("sowbane" is a kind of...):
goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)
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