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butterweed

[ buht-er-weed ]

noun

  1. any wild plant having conspicuously yellow flowers or leaves.
  2. the horseweed.
  3. a ragwort ( Senecio jacobaea ) or groundsel ( S. vulgaris ), both having yellow ray flowers.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of butterweed1

First recorded in 1885–90; butter + weed 1
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The new islands are thick with black willows and, in spring, thigh-high butterweed topped with small yellow flowers.

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Bunches of butterweed, lanky and yellow, lit up clearings in the late morning sun.

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Clumps of alpine grasses dotted with wild blue flax and rich golden butterweed shiver with the breeze sweeping up the canyon.

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