mala hierba

Definitions of mala hierba
  1. noun
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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    ambrosía
    any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
    abrojo, cardo
    any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
    ortiga
    any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
    cardo borriquero, toba
    biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
    cardillo
    any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads
    ortiga
    perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
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    planta vascular
    green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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