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PIGWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaves collected from the wild
Synonyms:
lamb's-quarter; pigweed; wild spinach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pigweed" is a kind of...):
green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)
Holonyms ("pigweed" is a part of...):
Chenopodium album; lamb's-quarters; pigweed; wild spinach (common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China
Synonyms:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus; pigweed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pigweed" is a kind of...):
amaranth (any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
Synonyms:
Chenopodium album; lamb's-quarters; pigweed; wild spinach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pigweed" is a kind of...):
goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)
Meronyms (parts of "pigweed"):
lamb's-quarter; pigweed; wild spinach (leaves collected from the wild)
wild spinach (leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach)
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