Definition of weed

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Weed (n.) Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

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Tangly :: Tangly (a.) Covered with tangle, or seaweed..
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Weedy :: Weedy (a.) Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments..
Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..
Stasmia :: Starwort (n.) A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed..
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Grindelia :: Grindelia (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis..
Rhodosperm :: Rhodosperm (n.) Any seaweed with red spores.
Seaweed :: Seaweed (n.) Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc..
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Mayweed :: Mayweed (n.) The feverfew.
Redweed :: Redweed (n.) The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas).
Chess :: Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus..
Mouse-ear :: Mouse-ear (n.) A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).
Cowweed :: Cowweed (n.) Same as Cow parsley.
Neckweed :: Neckweed (n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.
Adderwort :: Adderwort (n.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).
Asclepiadaceous :: Asclepiadaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family..
Sea Grape :: Sea grape () The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty..
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