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hawkweed noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈhɔːk.wiːd/ us /ˈhɑːk.wiːd/ one of many different wild plants with yellow or orange flowers that can cause serious problems in areas where they do not grow naturally: Hawkweed is already rampant in parts of the wildlife refuge. Many hawkweeds reproduce from fruits formed without fertilization having occurred. If orange hawkweed overruns wildlife forage there's nothing for the moose to eat. We walked through short grass where yellow hawkweed grew in profusion. The Snowdonia hawkweed was rediscovered in North Wales in 2002, 35 years after it was presumed extinct. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist lupin sedum sego lily self-heal senecio sensitive plant |