Hawkweed?

[Sonique]

On 27 Jan 98 at 0:22, cannibal at CUTEY.COM wrote:

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> Hawkweed, a genus of perennial plants Hieracium of the family Compositae
> with loosely clustered yellow, orange, or white flower heads and oblong
> toothed leaves that grow from roots in rosette; troublesome weed in some
> places; an old superstition stated that hawks used the sap to sharpen their
> eyesight.

Tee hee

When I was in high school, that's what some of my mates called me! Not for
the actual plant though (which I'm sure they knew nothing about)



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> Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
> Copyright c 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc.
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> or from the equally crap dictionary, this entry:
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> hawk weed (hok wed ) n.  any of a genus (Hieracium ) of plants of the
> composite family, usually with conspicuous basal leaves and stalked
> clusters of heads with yellow or scarlet ray flowers, including devil's
> paintbrush
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> Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
> Copyright c 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc.
>
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