hawkweed
Americannoun
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any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.
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any of various related plants.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hawkweed
1555–65; translation of New Latin, Latin hierācium < Greek hierāk, stem of hiérāx hawk + Latin -ium -ium; see weed 1
Example Sentences
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But that was changing: He pointed to butter-and-eggs, oxeye daisies, bellflowers, tufted vetch, hemp nettle, spotted jewelweed, creeping Charlie, common tansy, orange hawkweed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
Wild licorice, fireweed, hawkweed, bastard toadflax and littleleaf pussytoes created a carpet underfoot.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2016
Nägeli was studying another plant—the yellow-flowering hawkweed—and he urged Mendel to try to reproduce his findings on hawkweed as well.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
My two exceptions shall be John-go-to-bed-at-noon and the hairy hawkweed, both of them common English meadow-plants.
From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen
A fringe of harebells, of orange hawkweed and dwarf red sorrel bordered the road.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
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