weed
Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
Example
“If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.”
Other meanings
A drug or the like made from the leaves or flowers of a plant.
A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
A kind of
- vascular plant
Kinds of weed
- yellow rocket
- wild radish
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "wēod".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “weed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.