dog fennel

dog fennel

n.1. A weedy plant (Eupatorium capillifolium) in the composite family, native to the southeast United States and having pinnately divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers.2. See mayweed.

dog fennel

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

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Noun	1.	dog fennel - weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowersEupatorium capillifoliumherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
	2.	dog fennel - widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discsAnthemis cotula, mayweed, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweedcomposite plant, composite - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowersAnthemis, genus Anthemis - dog fennel