noun
- a common annual herb (Descurainia sophia) of the mustard family, with small yellow flowers and narrow seed pods, found in temperate regions
Usage: also called tansy mustard; botanical/horticultural term
Examples
- Flixweed grows readily in disturbed soil and waste areas.
- The gardener identified flixweed among the weeds in the vegetable patch.
- Flixweed is native to southern Europe and western Asia.
- The delicate yellow flowers of flixweed bloom in spring and early summer.