locoweed

See also: loco-weed and loco weed

English

Alternative forms

• loco weed
• loco-weed

Etymology

From Spanish loco (“mad, insane”) + weed.

Noun

locoweed (countable and uncountable, plural locoweeds)

1. Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.

Synonyms

• crazyweed, loco
• (Astragalus genus only): astragal, astragalus
• (Oxytropis genus only): oxytrope

Derived terms

• locoed
• locoism
• locoweed disease
• loco disease

Translations

plant of genus Astragalus — see milkvetch

plant of genus Oxytropis

• German: Spitzkiel m
• Kazakh: кекек (kekek)
• Latin: oxytropis
• Polish: ostrołódka f