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butterweed
[ buht-er-weed ]
noun
- any wild plant having conspicuously yellow flowers or leaves.
- the horseweed.
- a ragwort ( Senecio jacobaea ) or groundsel ( S. vulgaris ), both having yellow ray flowers.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of butterweed1
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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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