pigweed

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noun

Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder

Similar
baconweedpig's colehogweedcow parsnippig's parsnipclogweedcadweedlamb's-quarters
OriginEnglish weed ← Middle English weed ← Old English wēod →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounpigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)

plural pigweeds

  1. countableuncountableAny of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder

    He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.

    1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 11
  2. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
    1. countableuncountableAmaranthus species.
    2. countableuncountableChenopodium album, white goosefoot.

      Synonyms: baconweed

    3. countableuncountablePortulaca bicolor, of Australia.
    4. countableuncountablePolygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
    5. countabledialectaluncommonuncountableHeracleum sphondylium.

      Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed

Synonyms & antonyms

nounChenopodium album, white goosefoot.

Similar
baconweed

nounHeracleum sphondylium.

Similar
pig's colehogweedcow parsnippig's parsnipclogweedcadweed

More synonyms by meaning

nouncommon weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb

Similar
lamb's-quarterswild spinachChenopodium album
Broader
goosefoot

nounleaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China

Similar
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Broader
amaranth

nounleaves collected from the wild

Similar
lamb's-quarterwild spinach
Broader
greensgreenleafy vegetable
Also see
amaranthbaconweedcadweedclogweedcommon knotgrasscow parsnipgoosefoothogweedlamb's quarterspig's colepig's parsnippurslanewild spinach

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*puggō
  2. Old English*picga
  3. Middle Englishpigge
  4. Englishpig
  5. Proto-West Germanic*weud
  6. Old Englishwēod
  7. Middle Englishweed
  8. Englishweed
  9. Englishpigweed

From pig + weed.

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Translations

Polish portulaka wielokwiatowa
  • portulaka wielokwiatowaPortulaca bicolor
Cite this entry
APA

pigweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigweed

MLA

“pigweed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigweed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pigweed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigweed.

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