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locoweed
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Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco ) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine , a phytotoxin harmful to livestock . Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species , most in three genera of the flowering plant ...
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n. any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock [syn: crazyweed , crazy weed ] street names for marijuana [syn: pot , grass , green goddess , dope , weed , gage , sess , sens , smoke , skunk , Mary Jane ]
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n. Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus ''Oxytropis'' or ''Astragalus''.
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Also known as beaver poison, cowbane, and locoweed, and by other names as well.
The drug is usually produced from wild hemp or locoweed which can be found on vacant lots and along railroad tracks in every state.