Definitions
Unwanted wild plant, or the act of removing such plants.
Word origin
From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud (“weed”).
Used in a sentence
“If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.”
“Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.”
“I found down at the side of the house the remains of what must have once been a kitchen garden. Everything was choked with weeds and scutch grass, but the outlines of bed and drill were still there.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Unwanted garden growth”4 letters
02“Unwanted plant”4 letters
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