sowbane

2 definitions found

sowbane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sowbane \Sow"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
     The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal
     to swine.
     [1913 Webster]

sowbane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sowbane
      n 1: herb considered fatal to swine [syn: sowbane, red goosefoot
           , Chenopodium hybridum]