wartweed
- noun
- /ˈwɔrtˌwid/
- UK
:
euphorbia
- The field was covered with wartweed, its flowers facing the morning sun.
Examples
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Gardeners often remove wartweed from their lawns, though some find its blooms attractive.
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The wartweed blooms beautifully in the summer.
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Local folklore once claimed that wartweed could be used to treat minor skin irritations.
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Many gardeners appreciate the wartweed for its sunny disposition.
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The field was covered with wartweed, its flowers facing the morning sun.
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Many gardeners appreciate the wartweed for its sunny disposition.
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Gardeners often remove wartweed from their lawns, though some find its blooms attractive.
Synonyms
A small weed from Europe with yellow-green flowers that turn toward the sun
A European weed with milky sap and small yellow flowers that face the sun
A small common plant with yellow-green flowers that turn toward the sun
A small European wildflower with flowers that face the sun and is thought to cure warts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wartweed is a simple English compound from wart ('small bump') and weed ('an unwanted plant'). So the name gives a picture of a little plant with bump-like flowers that people often pull as a weed, even though its blooms turn toward the sun and some find them attractive.
