HyperDic: crazyweed

English > 1 sense of the word crazyweed:
NOUNplantcrazyweed, locoweed, crazy weedany of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
English > crazyweed: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock.
Synonymslocoweed, crazy weed
Member ofOxytropis, genus Oxytropislarge 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 petal
Narrowerpurple locoweed, purple loco, Oxytropis lambertiitufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers
Broaderlegume, leguminous plantAn erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanishlocoísmo

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