NOUN | plant | crazyweed, locoweed, crazy weed | any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock |
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Meaning | Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock. | |
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Synonyms | locoweed, crazy weed | |
Member of | Oxytropis, genus Oxytropis | large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal |
Narrower | purple locoweed, purple loco, Oxytropis lambertii | tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers |
Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
Spanish | locoísmo |
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