galinsoga

[ gal-in-soh-guh ]

noun

1. any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Galinsoga, especially G. ciliata or G. parviflora, having small flower heads with short, sparse white rays.

Word History and Origins

Origin of galinsoga¹

< New Latin (1794), after Mariano M. de Galinsoga, Spanish botanist

Example Sentences

Where bare earth stood, the bindweed sprout is a foot high, the purslane a foot across and the galinsoga putting out its first flowers.

From Seattle Times

Where bare earth stood, the bindweed sprout is a foot high, the purslane a foot across and the galinsoga putting out its first flowers.

From Washington Post

I was tugging chickweed in early May, only to find the emergence of galinsoga.

From Washington Post

Chickweed is a weed of winter, galinsoga one of summer.

From Washington Post

This is the nub of the May problem; it is a confused month that at our latitude doesn’t know whether it’s chickweed or galinsoga, wren or hummingbird, spring or summer.

From Washington Post