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Hawkweed  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the genus Hieracium; so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.
(b)
A plant of the genus Senecio (Senecio hieracifolius).






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"Hawkweed" Quotes from Famous Books



... them here, and let us see. Nine kinds of grasses, and a rush. Six kinds of clovers and vetches; and besides, dandelion, and rattle, and oxeye, and sorrel, and plantain, and buttercup, and a little stitchwort, and pignut, and mouse-ear hawkweed, too, which nobody wants. ...
— Madam How and Lady Why - or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children • Charles Kingsley

... Recall Geranium, Wild, Steadfast Piety Gladioli, Ready Armed Glory Flower, Glorious Beauty Goat's Rue, Reason Golden Rod, Encouragement Goosefoot, Goodness Gooseberry, Anticipation Gourd, Extent, Bulk Grape, Wild, Rural Felicity Grass, Utility Hand Flower Tree, Warning Harebell, Submission Hawkweed, Quicksightedness Hawthorn, Hope Hazel, Reconciliation Heart's-ease, Thought Heath, Solitude Helenium, Tears Heliotrope, I Turn to Thee Hellebore, Scandal Hemlock, You will be my death Hemp, Fate Henbane, Imperfection Hepatica, Confidence Hibiscus, Delicate Beauty Holly, Foresight ...
— Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 • Edward William Cole



Words linked to "Hawkweed" :   Pilosella, Hieracium venosum, genus Pilosella, Hieracium, Pilosella officinarum, Hieracium pilocella, rattlesnake weed, herb, yellow hawkweed, orange hawkweed, mouse-ear hawkweed, genus Hieracium



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