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; see weed ¹

Example Sentences

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hawkweed

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 stranger, if he noticed it, might at the most admire its warm tones, and the tufts of hawkweed and snapdragon which are scattered on its ledges.

From Waiting for Daylight by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

I pluck the flower leaves off,   And, at each, cry yes, no, yes;   I blow the down from the dry hawkweed,   Once, twice—hah!

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.