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Nitweed (Noun)

Meaning

Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The farmers struggled to eradicate the nitweed that had invaded their fields and was competing with their crops for water and nutrients.
  • Nitweed seeds can remain dormant in the soil for many years before germinating and growing into mature plants.
  • The gardeners applied a special herbicide to the lawn to kill the nitweed that was sprouting among the grass.
  • Wild nitweed often grows along roadsides and in disturbed areas, where the soil has been left bare.
  • The botanical garden included a section on native weeds, featuring nitweed and other plants that are often considered invasive.

Synonyms

  • Pineweed
  • Pine-weed
  • Orange Grass
  • Hypericum Gentianoides

Hypernyms

  • St John's Wort
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