YELLOW HAWKWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow hawkweed mean? 

• YELLOW HAWKWEED (noun)
  The noun YELLOW HAWKWEED has 1 sense:

1. European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds

  Familiarity information: YELLOW HAWKWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW HAWKWEED (noun)

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 ("yellow hawkweed" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("yellow hawkweed" 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)