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Peppergrass. Johnson.

See Cudweed.

Same as Cow parsley.

name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.

Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.

Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin.

A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.

An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned.

A plant (Eryngium foetidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

See Toadflax.

An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic.

A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Ægopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.

See Greenbroom.

A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.

A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiæge). See Ambrosia, 3.

A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.

A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.

The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.

See Impatiens.

. See Jamestown weed. [Local, U.S.]