Definition of Beggarweed

1. Noun. West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil.


Definition of Beggarweed

1. Noun. A type of plant, ''Desmodium incanum'', native to Central and South America. ¹

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Definition of Beggarweed

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggarweed

beggaries
beggaring
beggarism
beggarlier
beggarliest
beggarlike
beggarliness
beggarlinesses
beggarly
beggarman
beggarmen
beggars
beggars can't be choosers
beggarticks
beggarware
beggarweed (current term)
beggarweeds
beggarwise
beggarwoman
beggarwomen
beggary
begge
begged
begged off
beggestere
beggesteres
beggiatoaceae
beggiatoales
begging
begging off

Literary usage of Beggarweed

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"beggarweed is a leguminous plant, in its general value and characteristics resembling the ... beggarweed fits well into the rotation with farm crops. ..."

2. Citrus Fruits and Their Culture by H. Harold Hume (1911)
"Seed stern and flowering stem of beggarweed. beggarweed is a strong, erect, annual plant. It is a native of Florida and is perfectly at home in all parts of ..."

3. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Florida beggarweed is a native of the West Indies, but has been known in Florida ... Florida beggarweed is adapted only to the warmer parts of the Southern ..."

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