locoweed

lo·co·weed

L0225000 (lō′kō-wēd′)n. Any of several leguminous plants of the genera Oxytropis and Astragalus of western North America that are poisonous to livestock. Also called crazyweed, loco¹.

locoweed

(ˈləʊkəʊˌwiːd) or

crazyweed

n (Plants) any of several perennial leguminous plants of the genera Oxytropis and Astragalus, found in western parts of North America, containing neurotoxins which cause loco disease in horses, cattle, and sheep

lo•co•weed

(ˈloʊ koʊˌwid)

n. any of various leguminous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, causing locoism in sheep, horses, etc. [1875–80, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	locoweed - any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestockcrazy weed, crazyweedlegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosaegenus Oxytropis, Oxytropis - large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petalOxytropis lambertii, purple loco, purple locoweed - tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers
	2.	locoweed - street names for marijuana dope, gage, green goddess, Mary Jane, sens, sess, skunk, weed, grass, smoke, potcannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

Translations

locoweed

crazyweed

[Span. loco=crazy], any of several American species of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropus, north-temperate leguminous plants of the family Leguminosae (pulsepulse,
in botany, common name for members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), a large plant family, called also the pea, or legume, family. Numbering about 650 genera and 17,000 species, the family is third largest, after the asters and the orchids.
..... Click the link for more information. family), that, when eaten by horses, cattle, or sheep, cause a nervous disorder called loco disease. The locoweeds, perennials native to the West and Southwest, have pealike flowers and pinnately compound leaves. Not all species of these genera have been found poisonous. An Old World plant related to the Astragalus locoweeds is the source of gum tragacanthtragacanth
or gum tragacanth,
gummy exudation from the leguminous shrub Astragalus gummifer and related pulse family plants of SE Europe and W Asia. It is obtained through incisions in the stem of the plant. The gum is produced chiefly in Iran.
..... Click the link for more information. . Locoweed is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

locoweed

lo·co·weed

locoweed

crazyweed

lo•co•weed

locoweed

locoweed

crazyweed

locoweed

locoweed

locoweed

locoweed

Synonyms for locoweed

noun any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock

Synonyms

Related Words

noun street names for marijuana

Synonyms

Related Words