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 "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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

From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene

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 Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

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

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration