hawkweed

American  

[hawk-weed] / ˈhɔkˌwid /

noun

1. any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.

2. any of various related plants.

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hawkweed British  

/ ˈhɔːkˌwiːd /

noun

1. any typically hairy plant of the genus Hieracium, with clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Etymology

Origin of hawkweed

1555–65; translation of New Latin, Latin hierācium < Greek hierāk, stem of hiérāx hawk + Latin -ium -ium; weed ¹

Example Sentences

But that was changing: He pointed to butter-and-eggs, oxeye daisies, bellflowers, tufted vetch, hemp nettle, spotted jewelweed, creeping Charlie, common tansy, orange hawkweed.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Wild licorice, fireweed, hawkweed, bastard toadflax and littleleaf pussytoes created a carpet underfoot.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2016

Nägeli was studying another plant—the yellow-flowering hawkweed—and he urged Mendel to try to reproduce his findings on hawkweed as well.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Painter's brush, harebell, speedwell, golden-brown gaillardias, silvery hawkweed, columbines yellow and blue, heaths, and lush grasses--Elizabeth sank down among them in speechless joy.

From Lady Merton, Colonist by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

In the case of the hawkweed and the dandelion there is at present no means of distinguishing between these two contrasting causes of variability.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de