YELLOW HAWKWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds

Synonyms:

Hieracium praealtum; king devil; yellow hawkweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("yellow hawkweed" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("yellow hawkweed" is a member of...):

genus Hieracium; Hieracium (large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella)

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