Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The maple-leaved goose-foot, Chenopodium hybridum, regarded as fatal to swine. Also called hog's-bane.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.

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  • noun A plant, the red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun herb considered fatal to swine

Etymologies

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sow +‎ bane, as it was believed to be fatal to swine.

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