Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Astragalus, in numerous species. It includes various loco-weeds, and is presumably extended to Oxytropis in the Rocky Mountain region.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See
milk vetch .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
plant of thegenus Astragalus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida
Etymologies
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rattle + weed
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Examples
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I have known this Simwa since he was first tied in a basket, and, though he has grown to be war leader, I think he is most like a pod of rattleweed that is swollen to twice its size at the end of the season, yet has no more in it than at the beginning.
The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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The black cohosh plant is also referred to as black snakeroot, bugbane, rattleroot, and rattleweed.
unknown title 2008
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