Definition of Orange hawkweed

1. Noun. European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium.

Exact synonyms: Hieracium Aurantiacum, Pilosella Aurantiaca
Group relationships: Genus Pilosella, Pilosella
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange Hawkweed

orang-utans
orange
orange-blossom orchid
orange-juice concentrate
orange G
orange balsam
orange bat
orange blister beetle
orange blister beetles
orange blossom
orange blossoms
orange daisy
orange fleabane
orange grove
orange hawkweed (current term)
orange horseshoe bat
orange juice
orange liqueur
orange marmalade
orange milkweed
orange milkwort
orange mushroom pimple
orange peel
orange peel fungus
orange peels
orange pekoe
orange red
orange rind
orange roughy

Literary usage of Orange hawkweed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1903)
"The orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) is a plant not easily overlooked ... Although it landed in America as the orange hawkweed, its noxious qualities ..."

2. Public School Methods (1921)
"A plant can not live unless it can produce leaves and stems, as the green parts above ground manufacture food which supports the plant. "orange hawkweed. ..."

3. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum), chickweed (Stellaria media), and some other of the shallow-rooted succulent weeds of lawns and grass lands can be ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"A number are natives of Britain, and some of them are 370 very common plants. The flowers are generally yellow, but the orange hawkweed (H. ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"A number are natives of Britain, and some of them are very common plants. The flowers are generally yellow, but the orange hawkweed (H. ..."

6. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"XJ. , . -, /^,. „„„ x tawny bristles. (Fig. 383.) Means of control the same as for orange hawkweed. orange hawkweed Hieracium ..."

7. Farm Friends and Farm Foes: A Text-book of Agricultural Science by Clarence Moores Weed (1910)
"The orange hawkweed is another dangerous weed of this family introduced from ... The orange hawkweed is most likely to appear in pastures or meadow lands, ..."

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