Prickle-weed (Noun)
Meaning
Perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- As I walked through the prairie, I brushed against the prickly stems of the prickly-weed, causing the tiny white flowers to sway in the breeze.
- The field was filled with sea of green, punctuated by the clumps of prickly-weed that seemed to thrive in the dry conditions.
- After a summer rain, the prickly-weed sprouted up everywhere, its delicate flowers a welcome sight in the parched landscape.
- My grandmother used to love pointing out the prickly-weed on our walks across the prairie, its small flowers a harbinger of warmer days.
- In the wetlands, prickly-weed grew among the cattails, providing a vital food source for the migratory birds that passed through each spring.