dog fennel

noun

1. mayweed.

dog fennel

noun

1. another name for mayweed
2. a weedy plant, Eupatorium capillifolium, of the southeastern US, having divided leaves and greenish rayless flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)

Word History and Origins

Origin of dog fennel¹

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

In Ohio and other Western States where the ox-eye daisy is not common, children use instead the bloom of the despised dog-fennel.

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May dog fennel grow upon his ancestors' graves, and the grandsons of his children be born without eyes.

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Republicans are the useful; Democrats the noxious—corn and wheat against the dog fennel and Canada thistles.

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Once he saw the soldiers ram the piece full of dog-fennel on top of the usual charge, and then he expected the cannon to burst.

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The plain around the shanties is full of litter, and overgrown with dog-fennel.

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