Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several leguminous plants of the genera Oxytropis and Astragalus of western North America that are poisonous to livestock.
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- noun Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or
Astragalus .
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- noun any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
- noun street names for marijuana
Etymologies
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Examples
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Oxytropis sericea – white locoweed, Wonderland Lake Trail, Boulder, Colorado.
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Oxytropis sericea – white locoweed, Wonderland Lake Trail, Boulder, Colorado.
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When it happens, I would prefer that they not have driven themselves madder than march hares on a steady diet of mercury and locoweed.
Coleman Camp: The Missing Ballots Don't Exist; Officials: Yes, They Do 2009
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A typical grass is buffalo grass; sunflower and locoweed are typical plants.
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Buffalo grass is typical of the American steppe; other typical plants are the sunflower and locoweed.
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I was off my horse, kneeling down to get a closer look at the locoweed when a calf cut back and ran my way.
Archive 2008-05-01 Gumbo Lily 2008
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I was off my horse, kneeling down to get a closer look at the locoweed when a calf cut back and ran my way.
The prairie from my saddle.... Gumbo Lily 2008
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Our herd of Democratic voters appears to have, again, grazed it's way into a patch of locoweed.
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Vascular plants found in Mt. Assiniboine park include American alpine smelowskia Smelowskia calycina, Raynold's sedge Carex raynoldsii, Cusick's Indian paintbrush Castilleja cusickii, stalked-pod locoweed Oxytropis podocarpa, sub-alpine grassland Saussurea nuda and apetalous campion Silene uralensis attenuata.
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"I think the locoweed got you, too," he muttered and left the porch.
A Ring And A Promise Edwards, Andrea 1995
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