beggarweed
- noun
- Specialized
:
hierba de mendigo
- Farmers often plant beggarweed to enrich the soil and feed their livestock.
Examples
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Farmers often grow beggarweed for its beneficial properties.
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The field was covered with lush beggarweed after last summer's planting.
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Beggarweed thrives in warm climates and is commonly used as green manure.
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The beggarweed plant is known for improving soil quality.
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Farmers often use beggarweed to improve soil quality in their fields.
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The garden thrived because of the nutritious beggarweed that was planted to enrich the soil.
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In the southern United States, livestock feed frequently includes beggarweed as a source of forage.
Synonyms
A tropical plant grown for animal feed and to improve soil
A plant like clover grown for animal feed and to improve soil
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Morphology
Etymology
The word beggarweed is a simple joining of beggar ('a person who asks for money') and weed ('a wild plant'). A helpful way to remember it is that this common plant often grew near people and farms and its seeds can stick to clothes, so the name fits a small plant used to feed animals and make the soil better.