hogweed in English

noun
1
a large, coarse, white-flowered weed of the parsley family, native to north temperate regions and formerly used as forage for pigs.
We also check for poisonous plants such as hogweed which is very dangerous and has to be roped off and to make sure paths are not inaccessible or dangerous and steep banks can be dealt with.

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1. A number of human health problems, e.g. allergies and skin problems, are caused by IS such as the Giant hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ) and the Common hogweed ( Ambrosia artemisiifolia ).

2. Shandy, on loan from Balaclava Agricultural College to a seminar in Wales on How to Contain the Giant Hogweed, travels backward in time with colleagues Daniel Stott and Timothy Ames--to the medieval era, replete with knights, castles, witches, griffins, prithees, mayhaps, and Belikes.