Hawkweed?

cannibal at CUTEY.COM cannibal at CUTEY.COM
Mon Jan 26 18:22:53 EST 1998


The most curious entry so far in this crap encyclopedia, after searching on
"Hawkwind", this popped up:

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Hawkweed, a genus of perennial plants Hieracium of the family Compositae
with loosely clustered yellow, orange, or white flower heads and oblong
toothed leaves that grow from roots in rosette; troublesome weed in some
places; an old superstition stated that hawks used the sap to sharpen their
eyesight.

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Excerpted from Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia
Copyright © 1994, 1995 Compton’s NewMedia, Inc.
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or from the equally crap dictionary, this entry:
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hawk weed (hok wed ) n.  any of a genus (Hieracium ) of plants of the
composite family, usually with conspicuous basal leaves and stalked
clusters of heads with yellow or scarlet ray flowers, including devil's
paintbrush

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Excerpted from Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia
Copyright © 1994, 1995 Compton’s NewMedia, Inc.



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