pigweed noun6 •Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodderHe still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed. — 1941 •Amaranthus species. •Chenopodium album, white goosefoot. •Portulaca bicolor, of Australia. •Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass). •(dialect) Heracleum sphondylium. formspigweeds