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locoweed
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a weed, Oxytropis sericea, poisonous to grazing animals.
See: loco ((1))
Quotations
1906
[Northern B.C. locale] Dick . . . had recently lost his own mare to loco weed. . . .
1952
On the upland north of Great Bear Lake . . . are found . . . loco-weed . . . and rhododendron. . . .
1954
[Grasshoppers] came by the crawling, hopping millions and somewhere along the way they must have dined on locoweed, for they were the most vicious little brigands I have ever encountered.