smartweed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of smartweed
Example Sentences
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A number of ingredients, such as red currants and smartweed, were not cultivated but foraged from the wild, following the folk wisdom of the steppes.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
On the list were papaya, neem, asafoetida, figs, ginger, smartweed, wild yam, pennyroyal, black cohosh and angelica.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2019
Bottomland hardwood trees have been planted on the mounds and drier sites, and native plants that produce waterfowl food such as smartweed grow in profusion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The same effect was suspected in sorghum, sunflower, spiderwort, lambs quarters, pigweed, and smartweed.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
With their light splint hats on their heads, They ply their hoes on the ground, Clearing away the smartweed on the dry land and wet.
From The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 by Legge, James
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