It is a near relative of knot grass and smartweed and Prince's feather.
A good yellow can be obtained by experimenting with smartweed.
There are several common "weeds" belonging to this family, such as Dock, Sorrel, and smartweed.
The white-throated sparrow, a large and very pretty bird, eats the seeds of smartweed and ragweed.
Ragweed and smartweed seeds are dainties to him as some nuts are to you, and he eats a great many.
Mortimer turned up the Bowery, and smartweed passed into a side street leading towards Broadway.
“The museum is on the next street,” remarked young smartweed, as he rang the bell three times.
I have to get smartweed and bile it in salt water to bath dem in.