hawkweed
any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.
any of various related plants.
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How to use hawkweed in a sentence
I have since learned that the plant is Hieracium aurantiacum from Europe, a kind of hawkweed.
Riverby | John BurroughsThe heath glittered in the sun, the withered hawkweed crackled at his feet, a warm wind blew softly towards him.
Dame Care | Hermann SudermannOne species at least is a common wayside flower, and this is the Shrubby hawkweed (H. boreale).
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxFor the same reason I had rather say “hawkweed” than “hieracium”; the homelier word has more of kindly friendship.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft | George GissingMy two exceptions shall be John-go-to-bed-at-noon and the hairy hawkweed, both of them common English meadow-plants.
Science in Arcady | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for hawkweed
/ (ˈhɔːkˌwiːd) /
any typically hairy plant of the genus Hieracium, with clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
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