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witchweed

[wich-weed]

witch·weed

[wich-weed]
noun
an Old World parasitic plant of the genus Striga, introduced into the southern U.S.: a serious pest of corn and other grass crops.

Origin:
1900–05; witch + weed1
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witchweed (ˈwɪtʃˌwiːd)
 
n
any of several scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Striga, esp S. hermonthica, that are serious pests of grain crops in parts of Africa and Asia

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witchweed

any plant of the genus Striga in the family Orobanchaceae, including about 40 species of the Old World tropics and one species introduced into the southeastern United States. About 10 species are destructive as parasites on such crops as corn (maize), sorghum, rice, sugarcane, and tobacco.

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