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pigweed
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈpɪɡ.wiːd/ us /ˈpɪɡ.wiːd/
a North American plant that produces small green flowers and is often unwanted because it spreads very quickly:
Most of the houses in this street were surrounded by pigweed and had broken gates and fences.
Pigweed is notorious for causing allergic reactions.
The farmers here have to struggle to stop the pigweed from spreading.
Pigweed was sprouting above the orderly rows of cabbages.
A new strain of pigweed has spread rapidly across the region.
We plant our crops early so that they have already started to grow well before the pigweed emerges.
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