Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb.
European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.
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Examples for "pigweed"
Examples for "pigweed"
1Raw they ate thistle tops, pigweed, and crowfoot, with great relish.
2Pull up all the beets and leave the pigweed, hey?
3The grass waved to their stirrups, and the pigweed stood rank up to the very door.
4Even pigweed can be a delicacy.
5Should I get more pigweed seeds?
1Cooked with pork-fat and lamb's-quarters, an herb used to make greens taste more savory, these leaves, and the first tender shoots make poke salad.
1We call it lamb's-quarter, for the lamb doth eat it by choice.
1Women with wood on their heads and marog ( wild spinach) in their hip pockets.
2We marvelled at the birds, we picked the wild spinach and fennel and imagined the Lusitania's drift to calamity a few miles offshore.