scaleweed

noun

scaleweed

noun

Etymology From scale + weed.

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Usually Synonym of pennycress.

  • Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.1944, Oregon. Agricultural experiment station, Circular of Information - Issues 323-395, page 3:
  • To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others.1951, Practical Butter Manufacture, a Manual for Buttermakers, page 25:
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  • The effect of fire loss, large scaleweed invasions, etc. on sagebrush habitats is beyond the scope of this analysis.2008, Final Suplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Southwest Idaho Ecogroup Land and Resource Management Plans, page 26:

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