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Pea family plant that's poisonous to livestock
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locoweed
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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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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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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.