WITCHWEED


Meaning of WITCHWEED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwich-ˌwēd ]

noun

Date: 1904

: any of a genus ( Striga ) of yellow-flowered Old World plants of the snapdragon family that are damaging root parasites of grasses (as sorghum and maize) and that include one ( S. asiatica ) which is an introduced pest in parts of the southeastern United States

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