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Definition of Locoweed
1. Noun. Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock.
Generic synonyms: Legume, Leguminous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Oxytropis, Oxytropis
Specialized synonyms: Oxytropis Lambertii, Purple Loco, Purple Locoweed
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Generic synonyms: Cannabis, Ganja, Marihuana, Marijuana
Derivative terms: Dope, Dope, Smoke
Definition of Locoweed
1. Noun. Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus ''Oxytropis'' or ''Astragalus'', are toxic to cattle and the symptoms of poisoning include nervous problems. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Locoweed
1. a plant that causes poisoning when eaten by livestock [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Locoweed
Literary usage of Locoweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Colorado State Medical Society by Colorado State Medical Society (1895)
"Neither of these gentleman could trace any poisonous effects to the locoweed.
There seems to be, in their minds, the opinion that possibly some of these ..."
2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... such as locoweed, ponderosa pine needles, broom snakeweed and seleniferous
forage; isolation and identification by structural elucidation of teratogenic ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... the active principles of some plants, the chemical nature of which is still
unknown, are acids. The effect of the common locoweed of the Western States, ..."
4. Our National Forests: A Short Popular Account of the Work of the United by Richard Hans Douai Boerker (1918)
"The death camas, the lupines, the larkspurs, some of the wild cherries, locoweed,
and practically all species of ..."
5. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1896)
"Hunter Robb, MD, Baltimore, Md. locoweed. Carl Ruedi, MD, Denver, Col. Clinical Notes
on Psoriasis. L. Duncan Bulkley, MD, New York. ..."
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