butterweed
Americannoun
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any wild plant having conspicuously yellow flowers or leaves.
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the horseweed.
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a ragwort (Senecio jacobaea ) or groundsel (S. vulgaris ), both having yellow ray flowers.
Etymology
Origin of butterweed
Example Sentences
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Bunches of butterweed, lanky and yellow, lit up clearings in the late morning sun.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
Clumps of alpine grasses dotted with wild blue flax and rich golden butterweed shiver with the breeze sweeping up the canyon.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2018
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