Definition of Horsefly weed

1. Noun. Much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsefly Weed

horsecocks
horsecollar
horsecollars
horsed
horsedrawn
horsefeathers
horsefeet
horsefish
horsefishes
horseflesh
horsefleshes
horseflies
horsefly
horsefly weed (current term)
horsefoot
horsehair
horsehair lichen
horsehair wig
horsehairs
horsehead
horseheads
horseheal
horseherd
horseherds
horsehide
horsehides
horsehood
horseknop

Literary usage of Horsefly weed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"Baptisia Tinctoria, R. Br. (Wild indigo, indigo weed, horsefly weed, yellow broom, rattle bush, yellow indigo, etc.), in the November number. 1908, 295-297. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Horsefly-weed. Fig. 2454. Sophora tinctoria L. Sp. Pl. 373. 1753. B. tinctoria R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 3: 6. 1811. Glabrous, erect, succulent ..."

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