dog fennel

American  

noun

1. mayweed.

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dog fennel British  

noun

1. another name for mayweed

2. a weedy plant, Eupatorium capillifolium, of the southeastern US, having divided leaves and greenish rayless flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Etymology

Origin of dog fennel

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

But then it hadn’t, and anyway he loved the dog fennel and the silver poplars and the hedge of lilacs on the south that separated Jenny’s well-drained kitchen garden from the dooryard.

From Literature

A tea made out of dog fennel or corn shucks will cure chills and malaria.

From Project Gutenberg

As she interestedly watched the little house and its yard she saw hurrying through the burdock and dog fennel toward the base of her rock a determined looking hen.

From Project Gutenberg

I sprang from the soft dust and landed among the dog fennel of a fence corner, in a flying leap.

From Project Gutenberg