locoweed

lo·co·weed  (lk-wd)

n.

Any of several plants of the genera Oxytropis and Astragalus in the pea family, which are widespread in the western and central United States and cause severe poisoning when eaten by livestock. Also called crazyweed, loco¹.

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locoweed [ˈləʊkəʊˌwiːd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several perennial leguminous plants of the genera Oxytropis and Astragalus of W North America that cause loco disease in horses, cattle, and sheep

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	locoweed - any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock crazy weed, crazyweed 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
	2.	locoweed - street names for marijuana           dope, gage, green goddess, Mary Jane, sens, sess, skunk, weed, grass, smoke, pot cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect