Definition
goutweed
noun
- A creeping perennial plant with white flowers and compound leaves, native to Europe and Asia, often considered an invasive weed in gardens.
Usage: Also called bishop's weed or ground elder.; Botanical name: Aegopodium podagraria.
Examples
- Goutweed spreads rapidly through underground rhizomes and can quickly overtake a garden.
- The gardener struggled to remove the goutweed from the flower bed.
- Goutweed is difficult to control once it becomes established in a lawn.
- Many gardeners consider goutweed a persistent and unwanted invasive plant.
- The white flowers of goutweed bloom in early summer.