noun
a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content
• Syn: ↑Halogeton glomeratus
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Halogeton
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\\ˌhaləˈjētən\ noun1. capitalized : a small genus of Mediterranean and central Asian herbs and shrubs (family Chenopodiaceae) with fleshy semicylindrical leaves and axillary clusters of flowers — see barilla 1b
2. -s : any plant of the genus Halogeton; especially : a coarse annual herb (H. glomeratus) introduced into No. America from Siberia and now a noxious weed in western American rangelands dangerous to sheep and cattle because of its high oxalate content
Useful english dictionary. 2012.