hawkweed

American  

[hawk-weed] / ˈhɔkˌwid /

noun

1. any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.

2. any of various related plants.

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hawkweed British  

/ ˈhɔːkˌwiːd /

noun

1. any typically hairy plant of the genus Hieracium, with clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Etymology

Origin of hawkweed

1555–65; translation of New Latin, Latin hierācium < Greek hierāk, stem of hiérāx hawk + Latin -ium -ium; weed ¹

Example Sentences

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

A few lingering flowers of hawkweed relieved the monotony of the dreary waste.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

Other plants with runners much like the strawberry are: several kinds of crowfoot, barren strawberry, cinquefoil, strawberry geranium, and orange hawkweed.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)