How to use dog fennel in a sentence
In Ohio and other Western States where the ox-eye daisy is not common, children use instead the bloom of the despised dog-fennel.
Current Superstitions | VariousMay dog fennel grow upon his ancestors' graves, and the grandsons of his children be born without eyes.
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryRepublicans are the useful; Democrats the noxious—corn and wheat against the dog fennel and Canada thistles.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollOnce he saw the soldiers ram the piece full of dog-fennel on top of the usual charge, and then he expected the cannon to burst.
A Boy's Town | W. D. HowellsThe plain around the shanties is full of litter, and overgrown with dog-fennel.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles Nordhoff
British Dictionary definitions for dog fennel
another name for mayweed
a weedy plant, Eupatorium capillifolium, of the southeastern US, having divided leaves and greenish rayless flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
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