Chafeweed (Noun)
Meaning
Weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The garden was overrun with chafe-weed, making it difficult to maintain the desired aesthetic.
- Chafe-weed is often found growing in dry, disturbed areas such as roadsides and construction sites.
- The woolly foliage of the chafe-weed plant makes it easy to identify in the wild.
- The dirty white flowers of the chafe-weed bloom in mid-summer, producing a leafy spike that can grow quite tall.
- Despite its unappealing appearance, chafe-weed has been used in traditional medicine for centuries to treat various ailments.