blackseed
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9.9
A grass from the West Indies that often has dark fungus on its stems
- noun
- US
:
hierba negra
- Blackseed is a hardy plant that thrives in the warm climates of the southern United States.
Examples
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In the West Indies, blackseed can be found growing wild in many open fields.
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Farmers often struggle to manage the dark fungus that infests the blackseed crop.
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Carmine did, Blackseed, Winter, Tye.
Synonyms
9.9
A grass with thin stiff stems often covered by dark fungus
is another common name with identical meaning expressed differently
9.9
A type of grass with thin stems that grow in small clumps from the southern United States and West Indies
is the nontechnical common name rather than the formal scientific label
Surface Forms
blackseed singular
blackseeds plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word blackseed is made of the common words black and seed, literally 'black' and 'seed', and it names a grass that often has dark seeds or a dark fungus on its stems. So the name helps you remember the plant by its dark parts.