Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium of the composite family, having yellow or orange dandelionlike flower heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Hieracium, natural order Compositæ, suborder Ligulifloræ (Cichoriaceæ), or lettuce family, a very large genus, especially numerous on the continent of Europe.
- noun A species of Senecio, S. hieracifolius. See
Senecio .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plant of the genus Hieracium; -- so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.
- noun A plant of the genus Senecio (
Senecio hieracifolius ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any species of plant of the genus Hieracium and its
segregate genus Pilosella, in thesunflower family (Asteraceae ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Pilosella
- noun any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub.
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And whole hells of buttercups and yellow hawkweed and a few more orange hawkweed.
jhetley: Wednesday roadkill report jhetley 2010
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Also some UFOs and lotsa hawkweed, yellow and orange, and buttercups and daisies.
jhetley: Tuesday floral report jhetley 2010
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New flower OTD, orange hawkweed joining the yellow.
jhetley: Monday floral report jhetley 2010
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Nothing particular new in the flora report, just lots of hawkweed and buttercups and such.
jhetley: Tuesday roadkill report jhetley 2010
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Buttercups and yellow hawkweed and lupines in full cry.
jhetley: Sunday floral report jhetley 2010
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First wild roses, first bladder campion, the later variety of yellow hawkweed now showing.
jhetley: Friday roadkill report jhetley 2010
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More buttercups in the fields and ditches, with what I am calling bicycle botany again yellow hawkweed adding to the mix.
I have a cunning plan jhetley 2009
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Orange hawkweed now blooming, and birdsfoot clover adding to the roadside yellow brigade.
Foggy jhetley 2009
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First day-lilies blooming, both domestic and feral, and a different species of yellow hawkweed.
Food is the new cocaine? jhetley 2009
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