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alyssum |
any of a group of weedy low-growing plants of the mustard family, having tiny white or yellow four-petaled flowers borne on branched stalks. [1/2 definitions] |
chess2 |
any of a variety of weedy grasses, esp. cheat. |
dandelion |
a low-growing weedy plant with notched leaves and yellow flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
dock4 |
any of various weedy plants that have broad leaves and long taproots and bear clusters of small greenish or reddish flowers. |
goosefoot |
any of various weedy plants that bear small green flowers. |
motherwort |
any of a variety of weedy plants of the mint family that bear clusters of small pink or purple flowers. |
ramtil |
a weedy composite annual, the seeds of which yield an oil used in India for cooking and in the making of soaps. |
wild mustard |
charlock or a similar weedy mustard. |
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