noun
- any of various small weedy plants of the genus Lechea, having small leaves and tiny flowers
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The sandy soil was covered with pinweed and other hardy plants.
- Pinweed thrives in poor, dry conditions where other plants struggle.
- The botanist identified several species of pinweed in the coastal dunes.
- Small clusters of pinweed dotted the abandoned field.
- The tiny flowers of pinweed are easily overlooked by casual observers.