Definition of silverweed in English:
silverweed
nounˈsɪlvəwiːdˈsɪlvərˌwid
mass nounA yellow-flowered herbaceous potentilla with silvery compound leaves, a common grassland weed of north temperate regions.
Potentilla anserina, family Rosaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- The undersides of the leaves are silvery with fine hairs, hence the name silverweed.
- The Pacific silverweed prefers sunny coastal dunes to marsh edges, sandy bluffs, wetland meadows and mudflats.
- But often I grazed fields like this one, searching for silverweed, wild garlic, cress in the damp corners.
- Expansion of the endangered silverweed at Wolf Lake is another sign of success.
- After a last stream - beehives here - we're on a dead-end road with silverweed growing down the middle of the Tarmac.
Definition of silverweed in US English:
silverweed
nounˈsɪlvərˌwidˈsilvərˌwēd
A yellow-flowered herbaceous potentilla with silvery compound leaves, a common grassland weed of north temperate regions.
Potentilla anserina, family Rosaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- But often I grazed fields like this one, searching for silverweed, wild garlic, cress in the damp corners.
- Expansion of the endangered silverweed at Wolf Lake is another sign of success.
- The undersides of the leaves are silvery with fine hairs, hence the name silverweed.
- The Pacific silverweed prefers sunny coastal dunes to marsh edges, sandy bluffs, wetland meadows and mudflats.
- After a last stream - beehives here - we're on a dead-end road with silverweed growing down the middle of the Tarmac.