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cra·zy·weed

(krā′zē-wēd′)

[From its toxic effect on some animals.]

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crazyweed

(ˈkreɪzɪˌwiːd)

(Plants) a US dialect name for locoweed

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lo•co•weed

(ˈloʊ koʊˌwid)

n.

any of various leguminous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, causing locoism in sheep, horses, etc.

[1875–80, Amer.]

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crazyweed - any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock

crazy weed, locoweed

legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

genus Oxytropis, 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

Oxytropis lambertii, purple loco, purple locoweed - tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers

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I might have recognized Indian paintbrush, but crazyweed, pussytoe, squawbush, Rocky Mountain juniper, and limber pine were strangers.