pigweed

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *puggōder.

Old English *picga

Middle English pigge

English pig

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

English pigweed

From pig + weed.

Noun

pigweed (countable and uncountable, plural pigweeds)

1. Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder:
   • 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 11:

     He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed.

   1. Amaranthus species.
   2. Chenopodium album, white goosefoot.

      Synonym: baconweed

   3. Portulaca bicolor, of Australia.
   4. Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass).
   5. (uncommon, dialectal) Heracleum sphondylium.

      Synonyms: pig's cole, hogweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed

Derived terms

• procumbent pigweed
• prostrate pigweed
• red-rooted pigweed
• redroot pigweed

Translations

plant of genus Amaranthus — see amaranth

Chenopodium album — see white goosefoot

Portulaca bicolor

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: portulaka wielokwiatowa f

Polygonum aviculare — see common knotgrass

Heracleum sphondylium — see hogweed

Further reading

• pigweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia