scaleweed

English

Etymology

From scale +‎ weed.

Noun

scaleweed (usually uncountable, plural scaleweeds)

1. Synonym of pennycress
   • 1944, Oregon. Agricultural experiment station, Circular of Information - Issues 323-395, page 3:

     Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.

   • 1951, Practical Butter Manufacture, a Manual for Buttermakers, page 25:

     To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others.

   • 2008, Final Suplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Southwest Idaho Ecogroup Land and Resource Management Plans, page 26:

     The effect of fire loss, large scaleweed invasions, etc. on sagebrush habitats is beyond the scope of this analysis.