English
Etymology
From hog + weed, so named because of its use as feed for pigs.
Noun
hogweed (plural hogweeds)
- Any coarse weedy herb.
- An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic.
- Synonyms: pig's cole, pigweed, cow parsnip, pig's parsnip, clogweed, cadweed
2023, K Patrick, Mrs S, 4th Estate, page 69:I see the tall not-weeds with white flowers up close. Don’t touch, don’t touch those. Hogweed, it will burn.
- Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.
Derived terms
Translations
umbelliferous plant, Heracleum
- Abkhaz: ауарца́ (awarcá)
- Adyghe: батыргъэн (batərğɛn)
- Afrikaans: bereklou, beerklou
- Arabic: هَرْقَلِيَّة f (harqaliyya), عُشْبَة الْخِنْزِير f (ʕušba al-ḵinzīr)
- Armenian: կոծուկ (hy) (kocuk)
- Azerbaijani: baldırğan
- Bashkir: балтырған (baltırğan)
- Belarusian: баршчэ́ўнік m (barščéŭnik)
- Breton: kegid-moc'h, korz-babouz
- Bulgarian: хераклеум m (herakleum)
- Catalan: belleraca f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 独活属 (zh) (dúhuóshǔ)
- Chuvash: пултран (pultran), пултӑран (pult̬ăran)
- Cornish: evoren f
- Czech: bolševník (cs) m
- Danish: bjørneklo c
- Dutch: berenklauw (nl) f
- East Cree:
- Northern East Cree: ᐧᐄᐦᐹᔅᒄ (yiihpaaskw)
- Southern East Cree: ᐧᐄᐦᐹᔥᒄ (yiihpaashkw)
- Esperanto: herakleo
- Finnish: ukonputket (fi)
- French: berce (fr) f
- Georgian: დიყი (diq̇i)
- German: Bärenklau (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: σφονδύλιον n (sphondúlion)
- Hungarian: medvetalp (hu)
- Irish: feabhrán
- Italian: brancorsina f, panace m
- Kabardian: батыргъэн (kbd) (batərğɛn)
- Kazakh: балдырған (baldyrğan)
- Khakas: палтырған (paltırğan)
- Komi-Zyrian: азьгум (aźgum)
- Kyrgyz: балтыркан (baltırkan)
- Latin: spondylion n
- Latvian: latvāņi m
- Lithuanian: barštis m
- Macedonian: свински коров m (svinski korov)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: полдыранвуч (poldyranvuč)
- Western Mari: палдыран (paldyran)
- Mingrelian: დიჸე (diʾe), ფალახარჯი (palaxarǯi), ღოღე (ɣoɣe)
- Moksha: вишкярьге (viškäŕge)
- Norman: bênarde f, painfais m, pannais sâovage
- Northern Altai: палтырган (paltïrgan)
- Northern Mansi: (please verify) порыг (poryg)
- Norwegian: bjørnekjeks
- Old Ruthenian: борщъ (boršč), барщъ (baršč)
- Ossetian: сӕнк (sænk)
- Persian: گلپر (fa) (golpar)
- Polish: barszcz (pl) m
- Portuguese: canabrás (pt) m, branca ursina f
- Romanian: brânca-ursului (ro) f
- Romansch: darsvenna f
- Russian: борщеви́к (ru) m (borščevík), амбро́зия (ru) f (ambrózija)
- Southern Altai: балдырган (baldïrgan)
- Spanish: branca ursina f, espondilio m, pie de oso m
- Svan: ჩიჩვლა (čičvla)
- Swedish: lokasläktet, loka (sv) c
- Tatar: балтырган (tt) (baltırgan)
- Thai: ฮอกวีด
- Turkish:
- Modern Turkish: tavşancıl otu (tr), öğrek otu, baldırgan (tr) (rare)
- Ottoman Turkish: طاوشانجیل اوتی (tavşancıl otu), بالدرغان (baldırgan)
- Tuvan: палдырган (paldırgan)
- Udmurt: колыс (kolys)
- Ukrainian: борщі́вник (uk) m (borščívnyk)
- Welsh: efwr m
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