silverweed

English

silverweed (Argentina anserina)

Etymology

From silver +‎ weed.

Noun

silverweed (countable and uncountable, plural silverweeds)

1. Any of several species of low-growing flowering plants, the leaves of which are silvery underneath, some now assigned to the genus Argentina, most previously assigned to genus Potentilla.
2. A plant of species Blutaparon vermiculare.

Synonyms

• (low-growing flowering plants): goose grass

Derived terms

• common silverweed (Argentina anserina}
• New Zealand silverweed (Argentina anserinoides, syn. Potentilla anserinoides)
• Eged's silverweed (Argentina anserina subsp. groenlandica, syn. Argentina egedei)
• Pacific silverweed (Argentina pacifica, Argentina anserina subsp. groenlandica)

Translations

plant of the genus Argentina

• Bulgarian: гъши очеболец m (gǎši očebolec)
• Czech: mochna husí (cs) f
• Danish: gåsepotentil c
• Finnish: parihanhikki
• Navajo: tʼąąʼdoolghasí
• Norman: argentinne f, t'naisie f
• Norwegian: gåsemure
• Old English: ġelodwyrt f
• Romanian: argintariță f
• Russian: лапча́тка гуси́ная f (lapčátka gusínaja)
• Swedish: gåsört (sv) c

References

• silverweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Argentina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Argentina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons