famine weed

noun

A plant of the species Parthenium hysterophorus, native to Central America, considered invasive in Africa, India, Australia

Similar
bitterweedcarrot-grasscarrot grasscongress grasscongress-grassfalse ragweedfeverfewparthenium
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfamine weed (countable and uncountable, plural famine weeds)

plural famine weeds

  1. countableuncountableA plant of the species Parthenium hysterophorus, native to Central America, considered invasive in Africa, India, Australia

    Synonyms: bitterweed, carrot-grass, carrot grass, congress grass, congress-grass, false ragweed, feverfew, parthenium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant of the species Parthenium hysterophorus, native to Central America, considered invasive in Africa, India, Australia

Similar
bitterweedcarrot-grasscarrot grasscongress grasscongress-grassfalse ragweedfeverfewpartheniumParthenium hysterophorusparthenium weedparthenium-weedragweed partheniumSanta MariaSanta-MariaSanta Maria feverfewSanta-Maria feverfewwhitetopwhitetop-weedwhitetop weed

Translations

Portuguese coentro-do-mato, losna-branca
  • coentro-do-matoParthenium hysterophorus
  • losna-brancaParthenium hysterophorus
Spanish cicutilla, escoba amarga
  • cicutillaParthenium hysterophorus
  • escoba amargaParthenium hysterophorus
Cite this entry
APA

famine weed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/famine%20weed

MLA

“famine weed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/famine%20weed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “famine weed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/famine%20weed.

Source: famine weed on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.