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bindweed
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n 1: any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and
Calystegia having a twining habit
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blanket
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adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide]
n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the
covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket,
cover]
2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn:
blanket, mantle]
3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a
nuclear reactor
v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
2: form a blanket-like cover (over)
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cudweed
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n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having
flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
2: any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of
small woolly flower heads [syn: cotton rose, cudweed,
filago]
3: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
[syn: western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, prairie
sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes]
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duckweed
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n 1: any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae
that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
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gulfweed
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n 1: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating
masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
[syn: gulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum
bacciferum]
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hawkweed
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n 1: any of various plants of the genus Pilosella
2: any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium
having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion
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hogweed
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n 1: tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white
to purple flowers [syn: cow parsnip, hogweed,
Heracleum sphondylium]
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locoweed
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n 1: any of several leguminous plants of western North America
causing locoism in livestock [syn: locoweed, crazyweed,
crazy weed]
2: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
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pigweed
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n 1: common weedy European plant introduced into North America;
often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed,
wild spinach, Chenopodium album]
2: leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal;
southern United States to Central America; India and China
[syn: pigweed, Amaranthus hypochondriacus]
3: leaves collected from the wild [syn: lamb's-quarter,
pigweed, wild spinach]
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pokeweed
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n 1: perennial of the genus Phytolacca
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pondweed
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n 1: any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial
aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
2: submerged freshwater perennials [syn: Elodea, genus
Elodea, pondweed, ditchmoss]
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ragweed
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n 1: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers;
sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed
in quantity [syn: ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed,
benweed, Senecio jacobaea]
2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants
constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly
allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
[syn: ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed]
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seaweed
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n 1: plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
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silverweed
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n 1: any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having
silvery leaves and showy purple flowers
2: low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern
United States; Europe; Asia [syn: silverweed, goose-
tansy, goose grass, Potentilla anserina]
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sneezeweed
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n 1: any of various plants of the genus Helenium
characteristically causing sneezing
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stickweed
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n 1: any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to
clothing
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stinkweed
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n 1: foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized
throughout North America [syn: field pennycress, French
weed, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, mithridate
mustard, Thlaspi arvense]
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tumbleweed
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n 1: any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is
driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
2: prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central
and western United States [syn: Russian thistle, Russian
tumbleweed, Russian cactus, tumbleweed, Salsola kali
tenuifolia]
3: bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish
flowers and winged seeds [syn: winged pigweed,
tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium]
4: bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed,
Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans]
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waterweed
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n 1: a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
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weed
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n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant:
cultivated plant]
2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of
mourning [syn: weed, mourning band]
3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
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brookweed
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n 1: American water pimpernel [syn: brookweed, Samolus
parviflorus, Samolus floribundus]
2: water pimpernel of Europe to China [syn: brookweed,
Samolus valerandii]
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fireweed
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n 1: tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and
narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers
occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent
clearings; an important honey plant [syn: fireweed,
giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup,
Epilobium angustifolium]
2: an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
[syn: fireweed, Erechtites hieracifolia]
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knapweed
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n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple
thistlelike flowers
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goutweed
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smartweed
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