Definition of French weed
1. Noun. Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America.
Group relationships: Genus Thlaspi, Thlaspi
Generic synonyms: Pennycress
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Literary usage of French weed
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1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"The pulling of french weed, it seems to me, is just as essential but much ...
french weed is often given this name. The pods of Shepherd's purse are much ..."
2. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1920)
"... before the same has dropped its bloom or commenced to form its seed, any quack
grass (Agropyron repens), penny cress, french weed, fan weed or scale ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"How the name of "French- weed" came to be applied is a mystery to me. No doubt
it has an interesting history if we could fathom it In these pages Prof. ..."
4. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"french weed-PINCERS. WE have recently met with a description of an implement employed
... The french weed- pincer does not appear to have this disadvantage. ..."
5. Farmers' Law by Leonard Vincent Koos (1913)
"french weed is to be prevented from producing seed for more than four successive
years and Russian thistle must be kept from growing at all. ..."
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