hogwort

English

Hogwort (Croton capitatus)

Etymology

From hog +‎ wort.

Noun

hogwort (uncountable)

1. Woolly croton (Croton capitatus, syn. Heptallon graveolens), an annual plant of the southeastern US.

   Synonym: goatweed

   • 1972, Robert August Evers, Roger P. Link, Leo Roy Tehon, Poisonous Plants of the Midwest & their Effects on Livestock, page 139:

     Hogwort is an erect, stout, sparingly branched annual that grows up to 4 feet tall.

   • 1974, Albert Sydney Johnson, An Ecological Survey of the Coastal Region of Georgia‎^[1], page 40:

     Beach hogwort and beach primrose probably also contribute to the diet of these birds.

   • 2011, Sally Butcher, Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover's Tour of the Middle East, unnumbered page:

     It is Persian hogwort, and it is used as a spice in Iran.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), of western Eurasia and north Africa.

Related terms

• hogweed

See also

• croton

References

• “hogwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• hogwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hogwort on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• hogwort on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons