hawkweed

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhɔːkˌwiːd/ (UK)
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/ˈhɔːkˌwiːd/ (UK) · /ˈhɔkˌwid/ (US) · /ˈhɑkˌwid/ (US)

Definition of hawkweed

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any species of plant of the genus Hieracium and its segregate genus Pilosella, in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

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Etymology

From hawk + weed, a partial calque of Ancient Greek ἱερᾱ́κῐον (hierā́kĭon).

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