dog fennel

noun

mayweed.

Origin of dog fennel

First recorded in 1515–25

Words nearby dog fennel

dog clutch, dog collar, dog curtain, dog days, dog eat dog, dog fennel, dog flea, dog fouling, dog fox, dog handler, dog hook

Example sentences from the Web for dog fennel

  • Once he saw the soldiers ram the piece full of dog-fennel on top of the usual charge, and then he expected the cannon to burst.

    A Boy's Town |W. D. Howells

  • The plain around the shanties is full of litter, and overgrown with dog-fennel.

    Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands |Charles Nordhoff

  • Dog-fennel, butterfly-root, and life-everlasting boiled and mixed and made into a syrup will cure pneumonia and pleurisy.

    Slave Narratives, Oklahoma |Various

British Dictionary definitions for dog fennel

dog fennel

noun

another name for mayweed
a weedy plant, Eupatorium capillifolium, of the southeastern US, having divided leaves and greenish rayless flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)