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KING DEVIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does king devil mean?
• KING DEVIL (noun)
The noun KING DEVIL has 1 sense:
1. European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds
Familiarity information: KING DEVIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hieracium praealtum; king devil; yellow hawkweed
Hypernyms ("king devil" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("king devil" is a member of...):
genus Hieracium; Hieracium (large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella)
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