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witchweed [ˈwɪtʃˌwiːd]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Striga, esp S. hermonthica, that are serious pests of grain crops in parts of Africa and Asia

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witch-			HITTING ANOTHER AFRICAN PEST The research team has also been conducting experiments over the last six years to tackle another problem for African can increase farmers, the parasitical plant known as Striga or Witchweed. Can cassava replace maize? An increasing number of African ... by Ntonga, Kennie / African Business Stemborers are a moth-larvae pest in Kenya that wipes out much of the maize or sorghum crop, as does the dreaded witchweed (striga) root parasite, often leaving little to harvest. Push and pull the pests. (Africa: Kenya) by New Internationalist At Kisumu on the shore of Lake Victoria, Kenyan scientists are developing new strains of corn, genetically altered to combat witchweed, a parasite which halves the crops of a hundred million African farmers every year. Feeding the world by Dooley, David / Catholic Insight			witch of Agnesi witch's brew witch- witch-elm Witch-hazel witch-hazel family witch-hunt witch-hunter Witch-tree witchcraft witchery Witches' besoms witches' brew witches' broom witches' broth witches' butter witches' Sabbath witches'-broom witches’ witchetty grub witchgrass witching witching hour witchlike Witchuck witchweed witcraft wite Witeless Witen witenagemot Witenagemote Witfish Witful with With a vengeance With a will With a witness With all one's heart with child With ease with it with kitchen With might and main With one accord With one voice With one's favor With the soonest With young with-it with-profits			Witchhunt Witchhunt Witchhunt Witchhunter Witchhunter Witchhunter Witchhunts Witchhunts Witchhunts witchier witchier witchier witchiest witchiest witchiest witching witching witching witching Witching hour Witching hour Witching Hours witchingly Witchita Witchita Witchita Mountain Wildlife Refuge witchlike witchlike witchlike Witchuck witchweed witchy witchy witchy witchy Witcraft WITCSC WITCX WITD wite wite Wite Out Wite-Out WITEA Witebsk Witebsk WITEC Witeless Witen witenagemot witenagemot witenagemot Witenagemote witenagemots witenagemots Witendofi Witeout WITF Witfish WITFOR Witful

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