1A plant of the pea family that can cause a brain disorder if eaten by livestock, the symptoms of which include unpredictable behaviour and loss of coordination.
紫云英；棘豆
Genus Astragalus (and Oxytropis), family Leguminosae
Example sentencesExamples
The locoweed site was selected based on dense and uniform concentration of white locoweed.
Bite count data were analyzed by totaling the number of bites of cool season grasses, warm season grasses, forbs, and locoweed per day and calculating a percentage of each.
Rocky summit species include the rather rare Huddleson's locoweed, a three-to-four-inch-tall, hairy white plant that produces pink-to-purple flowers and oversize seed pods.
For instance, cattle could be averted to locoweed or known eaters could be removed and placed in locoweed-free areas to prevent social facilitation.
Ralphs et al. suggested no difference in locoweed consumption between native cattle and cattle introduced to locoweed under natural grazing conditions.
2US informal Cannabis.
〈美，非正式〉大麻
Definition of locoweed in US English:
locoweed
nounˈloʊkoʊˌwidˈlōkōˌwēd
1A plant of the pea family that can cause a brain disorder if eaten by livestock, the symptoms of which include unpredictable behavior and loss of coordination.
紫云英；棘豆
Genus Astragalus (and Oxytropis), family Leguminosae
Example sentencesExamples
Rocky summit species include the rather rare Huddleson's locoweed, a three-to-four-inch-tall, hairy white plant that produces pink-to-purple flowers and oversize seed pods.
The locoweed site was selected based on dense and uniform concentration of white locoweed.
Ralphs et al. suggested no difference in locoweed consumption between native cattle and cattle introduced to locoweed under natural grazing conditions.
Bite count data were analyzed by totaling the number of bites of cool season grasses, warm season grasses, forbs, and locoweed per day and calculating a percentage of each.
For instance, cattle could be averted to locoweed or known eaters could be removed and placed in locoweed-free areas to prevent social facilitation.