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  • 1. hogweed
  • Hogweed in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. hogweed
  • Hogweed in a sentence
Synonyms
Etymology

1. hogweed

noun. tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers.

Synonyms

  • Heracleum
  • herb
  • herbaceous plant
  • Heracleum sphondylium
  • genus Heracleum

Etymology

  • hog (English)
  • weed (English)
  • weod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

Sentences with hogweed


1. Noun, singular or mass
The sap in hogweed can cause severe blistering and is similar to the effects of poison ivy.

2. Verb, past tense
Giant hogweed spreads fast once it takes root.

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