hogwort

English

Hogwort (Croton capitatus)

From hog +‎ wort.

hogwort (uncountable)

Woolly croton (Croton capitatus, syn. Heptallon graveolens), an annual plant of the southeastern US.
Synonym: goatweed
- 1972, Robert August Evers, Roger P. Link, Leo Roy Tehon, Poisonous Plants of the Midwest & their Effects on Livestock, page 139:
  Hogwort is an erect, stout, sparingly branched annual that grows up to 4 feet tall.
- 1974, Albert Sydney Johnson, An Ecological Survey of the Coastal Region of Georgia‎^[1], page 40:
  Beach hogwort and beach primrose probably also contribute to the diet of these birds.
- 2011, Sally Butcher, Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover's Tour of the Middle East, unnumbered page:
  It is Persian hogwort, and it is used as a spice in Iran.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), of western Eurasia and north Africa.