Definition of Pineweed

1. Noun. Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers.


Definition of Pineweed

1. n. A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

Definition of Pineweed

1. Noun. A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (''Hypericum sarothra''), common in sandy soil in the eastern United States. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pineweed

1. A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pineweed

pinenuts
pineoblastoma
pineoblastomas
pineoblastomata
pineocytoma
pineries
pinery
pines
pinesap
pinesaps
pinest
pineta
pineth
pinetum
pinetums
pineweed (current term)
pinewood
pinewoods
piney
pineyard
pineyards
pinfall
pinfalls
pinfeather
pinfeathered
pinfeathers
pinfire
pinfires
pinfish
pinfishes

Literary usage of Pineweed

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

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Hypericum gentianoides (L.) BSP Orange-grass; pineweed Herbaceous annual Abandoned fields, dry hillsides, barrens and open shale slopes. ..."

2. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"It was seen in blossom as late as October 25, and the leaves had before this time assumed beautiful reddish tints. 524. ORANGE-GRASS; pineweed ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"The pineweed never fails to attract attention by its multitudes of little starlike flowers covering each plant like golden spangles. On first beholding it, ..."

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