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cobbler's peg

noun

Definition of cobbler's peg

: either of two chiefly Australian weedy composite herbs (Erigeron linifolius and Bidens pilosa) —often used in plural but singular or plural in construction

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History and Etymology for cobbler's peg

probably from the appearance of the pappi

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