alligatorweed

noun

Etymology

From alligator + weed, since it thrives in shallow, swampy or river‑edge habitats where alligators live.

  1. inherited from *weud — “weed
  2. inherited from wēod
  3. inherited from weed
  4. compounded as alligatorweed — “alligator + weed

Definitions

  1. The plant Alternanthera philoxeroides.

The neighborhood

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