Lexic.us

Definition of Blueweed

1. Noun. A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States.

Definition of Blueweed

1. a bristly weed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blueweed

Literary usage of Blueweed

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

1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"blueweed. Aconitum Columbianum, Nutt. Buttercup or Crowfoot Family. ... called "blueweed," and remembered only for its disastrous effect upon their sheep, ..."

2. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"When the blueweed first came to us from across the sea it secured a foothold in Virginia. Since then it has gradually worked its way northward, ..."

3. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"... about a foot high, bears smaller blue flowers on a bristly stem. It is rarer than blueweed. Echium vulgare. -i • /• ,1 \ Viper"s Bugloss, or Blue- weed. ..."

4. The Journal of the American Agricultural Association by American Agricultural Association (1881)
"While we might tolerate an occasional forget-me-not, pansy or poppy, and might welcome the timothy and white clover, who would want to sow the blueweed, ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"340; yellow foxtail, 255; blueweed, 170; rabbit's-foot clover, 170; sorrel, ... 85; curled dock, 85; yellow trefoil, 85; blueweed, 85; kidney vetch, 85; ..."

6. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"blueweed. Aconitum Columbianum, Nutt. Buttercup or Crowfoot Family. ... called "blueweed," and remembered only for its disastrous effect upon their sheep, ..."

7. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"When the blueweed first came to us from across the sea it secured a foothold in Virginia. Since then it has gradually worked its way northward, ..."

8. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"... about a foot high, bears smaller blue flowers on a bristly stem. It is rarer than blueweed. Echium vulgare. -i • /• ,1 \ Viper"s Bugloss, or Blue- weed. ..."

9. The Journal of the American Agricultural Association by American Agricultural Association (1881)
"While we might tolerate an occasional forget-me-not, pansy or poppy, and might welcome the timothy and white clover, who would want to sow the blueweed, ..."

10. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"340; yellow foxtail, 255; blueweed, 170; rabbit's-foot clover, 170; sorrel, ... 85; curled dock, 85; yellow trefoil, 85; blueweed, 85; kidney vetch, 85; ..."

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