goatweedn.1
/ˈɡəʊtwiːd/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊtˌwid/ 1.
a. A perennial shrub, Capraria biflora (family Scrophulariaceae), native to North and South America, used as a tea and medicinal herb, having white campanulate flowers, hairy stems, and hairy leaves. Also as shrubby goat weed. Also called sweetweed, West Indian tea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > sweetweed
West Indian tea1728
goatweed1756
sweetweed1760
sweet broom1884
liquorice weed1889
sweet broom-weed1890
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Scrophulariaceae
Bartsia1753
Mimulus1754
goatweed1756
painted cup1776
mullein foxglove1856
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian
ramgoat bush1566
burton-wood1697
cowage cherry1725
Jack-in-the-busha1726
screw tree1739
lady of the night1752
goatweed1756
solandra1797
silk-tassel1833
garrya1835
matico1839
choisya1840
Romneya1845
jointer1847
creosote-bush1851
creosote-plant1854
bridal wreath1856
ocotillo1856
adelaster1863
sage rose1864
white horse1864
tree poppy1866
Tacsonia1869
rain tree1877
piquillin bush1884
tassel-bush1891
bush poppy1899
Mexican orange1923
shrimp plant1941
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > other non-British medicinal plants or plant parts
scammony1567
teamster's tea1728
buchu1731
goatweed1756
Iceland moss1785
argel1803
opopanax-wort1811
papoose root1811
ginseng1818
mad-dog weed1818
chirayta1829
Corsican moss1849
goatweed1864
devil's claw1876
sneezeweed1877
lingzhi1904
mountain pink1936
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 268 The shrubby Capraria, or Goat-weed. This plant is very common in Jamaica; it grows about most houses in the lower Savannas.
1781 R. Pulteney Gen. View Writings Linnæus 357 Capraria biflora... Sweet-weed or Goat-weed.
1822 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 106 The genus Capraria, Goatweed, is so called because Goats are fond of the biflora, (the best known species), a West Indian plant cultivated by our gardeners.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products West India Tea, a name for the shrubby goat-weed, Capraria biflora, the leaves of which are occasionally used for infusing as tea, in the Antilles.
1903 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 8 105 Capraria biflora. Goat weed... Family Scrophulariaceae. A small shrub, less than 4 feet (1.3 meters) high.
2004 D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 168/2 One study showed that leaves from goatweed were a central nervous system depressant.
b. A flowering plant, Scoparia dulcis (family Plantaginaceae), native to tropical parts of the Americas, used as a medicinal herb, having erect branches, serrated leaves, and small white or pale purple flowers. Also: †a flowering plant, Stemodia durantifolia (family Plantaginaceae), having hairy, erect stems, toothed leaves, and violet flowers (obsolete). S. dulcis is also called sweetbroom. S. durantifolia is also called white woolly twintip.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun]
waybreadeOE
ribeOE
psylliumOE
waybread leafOE
plantaina1325
herb Ivec1386
ersworta1400
psyllya1425
flea-seed1562
buck's-horn plantain1578
fleabane1578
hartshorn1578
lamb's tongue1578
rose plantain1597
rose ribwort1597
globularia1728
fire-leaves1796
ribwort1846
hoary plantain1861
goatweed1864
hartshorn plantain-
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian
masterwort1523
hogweed1707
black root1709
many-seed1750
Martynia1753
Maranta1754
hog meat1756
iron1756
Evolvulus1764
zebra plant1826
turkey-flower1843
vriesia1843
Spanish needles1846
turkey-blossom1849
horse poison1851
St Martin's herb1860
goatweed1864
wake-robin1864
frog-bit1866
herb of St. Martin1866
pipi1866
goatweed1869
cigar-plant1961
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > other non-British medicinal plants or plant parts
scammony1567
teamster's tea1728
buchu1731
goatweed1756
Iceland moss1785
argel1803
opopanax-wort1811
papoose root1811
ginseng1818
mad-dog weed1818
chirayta1829
Corsican moss1849
goatweed1864
devil's claw1876
sneezeweed1877
lingzhi1904
mountain pink1936
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 784 Goat-weed, Capraria biflora and Stemodia durantifolia.
1890 Cent. Dict. Stemodia,..S. durantifolia [is known] as goatweed;..a low clammy plant with purplish spiked flowers.
1936 A. H. Eddins Brown Rot of Irish Potatoes & Control 8/2 (table) Scoparia dulcis L... Goat-weed.
1984 F. D. Venning Wildflowers N. Amer. 240 Sweet Broomwort or Goatweed, S. dulcis, grows on wastelands and in open woods.
2006 Weed Sci. 54 456/1 Several weedy species, such as goatweed (Scoparia dulcis), and Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana), have shown similar sensitivity to osmotic stress.
2. An annual herbaceous plant with a goat-like scent, Ageratum conyzoides (family Asteraceae), native to tropical America, having erect, hairy stems, ovate leaves, and small white, pale blue, or pale pink flowers forming corymbs. Also called billy goat weed, whiteweed.Goat weed has traditionally been used as a medicinal herb, although it is toxic to humans and animals, and is now widely considered an invasive agricultural weed.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian
masterwort1523
hogweed1707
black root1709
many-seed1750
Martynia1753
Maranta1754
hog meat1756
iron1756
Evolvulus1764
zebra plant1826
turkey-flower1843
vriesia1843
Spanish needles1846
turkey-blossom1849
horse poison1851
St Martin's herb1860
goatweed1864
wake-robin1864
frog-bit1866
herb of St. Martin1866
pipi1866
goatweed1869
cigar-plant1961
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants
wild sagea1400
yellow devil's-bita1400
white golda1425
cotula1578
golden cudweed1597
golden tuft1597
rattlesnake root1682
Cape tansy?1711
hawkbit1713
ambrosia1731
cabbage tree1735
hog's eye1749
Osteospermum1754
ox-tongue1760
scentless mayweed1800
old man's beard1804
ox-eye1818
echinacea1825
sheep's beard1836
shepherd's beard1840
cat's-ear1848
goatweed1869
silversword1888
khaki bush1907
venidium1937
khaki bos1947
Namaqualand daisy1963
1869 G. Bidie Rep. on Ravages of Borer in Coffee Estates 21 When they [sc. grasses] have been cleared away, the Goat-weed (Ageratum Cordifolium) takes possession of the ground.
1880 A. H. Steedman in H. B. Grigg Man. of Nílagiri District 9 xxviii. 493 The most hurtful weed is the goat-weed, which is said to take up all the ingredients which coffee requires.
1910 Circulars & Agric. Jrnl. of Royal Bot. Gardens, Ceylon 4 60 The ‘Goat weed’ or ‘White-weed’ (Ageratum conyzoides), which in the coffee days is said to have cost the Ceylon planters £250,000 a year to keep in check.
1971 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 58 11 The malodorous nature is also the basis for the names ‘Billy Goat Weed’ and ‘Billygoat Plant’ in Australia and ‘Goat Weed’ in Ceylon.
1994 M. Jones FLowering Plants of Gambia 60 Ageratum conyzoides L. (E: Goat weed...) An erect, branched, annual herb up to 1 m high, covered in soft hairs.
2011 L. Oliver & T. Baker Sound Bender 194 Goat weed!..I read an article in Scientific American about how it's used for medicinal purposes, like to cure diarrhea and intestinal worms.
3. U.S. Any of several annual plants of the genus Croton (family Euphorbiaceae) with a goat-like scent, esp. C. capitatus, having erect, branched stems, tiny flowers in terminal clusters, and hairy greyish green leaves, native to the southern United States and regarded as an agricultural weed. C. capitatus is also called hogwort, woolly croton.
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1870 C. V. Riley 2nd Ann. Rep. Insects Missouri 125 The larva feeds on an annual (Croton capitatum) which..is known by the name of Goat-weed.
1899 Bull. Okla. Agric. Exper. Station No. 41 10 Goat Weed, Croton. (Croton Texensis.) Annual; stems ashy about fifteen inches high, branching.
1920 Amer. Bee Jrnl. 60 405/3 The goatweed grows abundantly along roadsides and in pastures across the northern part of the State.
1971 R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) xii. 368 Host plants include many weeds such as goatweed (Croton).., and orach (Atriplex).
1992 Paris (Texas) News 26 Feb. a8 Summer weeds such as..Croton (Goat Weed) have not emerged at this time and no control of those weeds will be obtained by applying a herbicide now.
2003 S. W. Taber & S. B. Fleenor Insects of Texas Lost Pines iii. 28 Considering the abundance of goatweed and the occurrence of this plant in thick patches near pond margins, it is remarkable that the butterfly is not more common.
4. U.S. St John's-wort, Hypericum perforatum (family Hypericaceae). Also called hypericum, Klamath weed.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun]
velderudea1300
grace of God?c1400
floure jonett1423
St John's-wort?a1425
St. Peter's wort1526
hypericum1538
St John's grass1538
johnswort1710
scare-devil1751
orange grass1811
pineweed1814
nit-weed1818
guttifer1846
rose of Sharon1849
amber1861
goatweed1915
Klamath weed1922
1915 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 614 41 At the summit early in June are golden fields of St. John's wort (Hypericum), locally called goat weed.
1958 Weeds 6 68 Goatweed, Hypericum perforatum, has long been considered among the most serious of weeds attacking the western ranges.
1963 J. J. Craighead et al. Rocky Mountain Wildflowers 116 White-skinned animals when feeding on the leaves of Goatweed develop scabby sores and a skin itch.
2011 S. A. Maisto et al. Drug Use & Abuse (ed. 6) xiii. 325 Also called goat-weed, hypericum, and Klamath weed, St. John's wort grows wild in the western United States and throughout Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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