snakeweed
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- noun
- US
:
hierba de serpiente
- In the arid landscape, snakeweed is often the most visible plant with its numerous tiny yellow blossoms.
- grass amid the snakeweed
Examples
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The mare uttered a disgusted snort and dropped her head, questing for grass amid the snakeweed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Scatterings of tiny flowers, of yellow snakeweed blossoms and the pink quiver of a late-growing evening primrose.
Fiction book (1993) -
On our hike, we noticed the bright yellow flower heads of snakeweed growing along the trail.
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The snakeweed spread across the ground, its narrow leaves glistening in the sunlight.
Synonyms
A low sticky shrub of dry land in the American Southwest with many thin branches and small yellow flowers
A low, sticky bush with many small yellow flowers
A low sticky bush with narrow leaves, many thin branches, and many tiny yellow flowers
A low sticky bush with many small yellow flowers
A plant like snakeweed with small flower heads that have fewer petals and fewer small flowers in the center
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant like snakeweed with small flower heads that have fewer petals and fewer small flowers in the center
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snakeweed is made from the simple words snake ('snake') and weed ('wild plant'). People probably named it because its long, thin stems can look a little like snakes or because it grows where snakes live, so the name fits a low wild plant that can be harmful to animals.