beggarweed
any of various tick trefoils, especially Desmodium tortuosum, grown for forage in subtropical regions.
Chiefly British. any weed that impoverishes soil.
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How to use beggarweed in a sentence
Ground which produced a heavy crop of cowpeas, velvet beans or beggarweed the previous season is excellent for the purpose.
The Pecan and its Culture | H. Harold Humebeggarweed, velvet beans or soja beans will answer well in many localities.
The Pecan and its Culture | H. Harold Hume
British Dictionary definitions for beggarweed
/ (ˈbɛɡəˌwiːd) /
any of various leguminous plants of the genus Desmodium, esp D. purpureum of the Caribbean, grown in the southern US as forage plants and to improve the soil: See also tick trefoil
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