Definition of Bugseed

1. an annual herb [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bugseed

bugleweeds
buglike
bugling
bugloss
buglosses
bugmail
bugologist
bugology
bugong
bugongs
bugout
bugouts
bugproof
bugs
bugs out
bugseed (current term)
bugseeds
bugsha
bugshas
bugwort
bugworts
buh-bye
buhl
buhlbuhl
buhls
buhlwork
buhlworks
buhr
buhrs
buhrstone

Literary usage of Bugseed

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

1. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"and bugseed are the most common plants. Back somewhat farther the pioneers of ... The bugseed (Fig. 73) is an annual with slender awl-shaped leaves. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"There may be a few quick growing annuals such as sea kale (Cakile americana), bugseed (Corispermum hyssopifolium), etc., in this belt, especially during a ..."

3. Report (1904)
"The flora of shifting sands, with bugseed, beach grasses, bearberry, puc- coons, etc., as representative plants. 3. The bank flora of the sands of two great ..."

4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"The wings may be terminal, as in the ash and the maple, or they may form a margin about the seed-bearing portion, as in the hop tree, elm. and bugseed. ..."

5. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Atriplex occurs in salty or alkaline soil, also the glasswort (Salicornia herbacea), the bugseed (Cori- ..."

6. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Atriplex occurs in salty or alkaline soil, also the glasswort (Salicornia herbacea), the bugseed (Cori- ..."

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