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Definition of Pinweeds
1. pinweed [n] - See also: pinweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinweeds
Literary usage of Pinweeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The pinweeds grow in great abundance along the St. Croix river, in open woods or
by the roadside, but are less common elsewhere in the state. ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"What variety the pinweeds, clear brown seedy plants, give to the fields, ...
The pinweeds, etc., have been for the most part confounded with the russet or ..."
3. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"The pinweeds grow in great abundance along the St. Croix river, in open woods or
by the roadside, but are less common elsewhere in the state. ..."
4. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1910)
"... goldenrods, pinweeds, and graceful wild grasses, more obvious and interesting
frequently than in summer even, as if their beauty was not ripe till then; ..."
5. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1897)
"... golden-rods, pinweeds, and graceful wild grasses, more obvious and interesting
frequently than in summer even, as if their beauty was not ripe till then ..."
6. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... life-everlasting, goldenrods, pinweeds, and graceful wild grasses, more obvious
and interesting frequently than in summer even, as if their beauty was ..."
7. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"pinweeds are brown; how long? Some of the large ash trees, both a black and white,
are quite bare of leaves already. With the red maples, then. ..."
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