Meaning of hogweed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any coarse weedy herb.
2. An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic.
3. Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.

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Examples

““I will bewitch them with flea-bane, blister them with hog-weed,” he said, vainly looking for a suitable spell.”

“I see the tall not-weeds with white flowers up close. Don’t touch, don’t touch those. Hogweed, it will burn.”

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