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Definition of Pigweeds
1. pigweed [n] - See also: pigweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigweeds
Literary usage of Pigweeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seed Dispersal by William James Beal (1898)
"How pigweeds get about. — In winter we often see dead tops of lamb's-quarters
and amaranths — the smooth and the prickly pigweeds — still standing where ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Here are the common, scurfy-leaved, pale pigweeds of farm-yards and roadsides.
... Here are also to be placed the winged pigweeds, plants found on lake ..."
3. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"Here are the common, scurfy-leaved, pale pigweeds of farm-yards and roadsides.
... Here are also to be placed the winged pigweeds, plants found on lake ..."
4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"VARIEGATED pigweeds IB AND 1C. IB Total Seedlings Fifty-seven green ... As a
matter of fact there were no wild pigweeds growing within a hundred feet of ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"A patch of lusty pigweeds, growing and crowding in luxuriant abandon, may be a
better and more worthy object of affection than a bed of ..."
6. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"It is the case of two red-root pigweeds, Amarantus retro- ... A fuller account
of these two pigweeds can be found on pages 258 to 263 of "Survival of the ..."
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