weeds
Britishplural noun
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Also called: widow's weeds. a widow's black mourning clothes
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obsolete any clothing
Etymology
Origin of weeds
pl of weed ²
Example Sentences
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Heavy use of longstanding herbicides, like glyphosate, the main ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup, has contributed to resistance developing among weeds such as waterhemp and palmer amaranth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Herbicide-resistant weeds cost the U.S. agricultural industry $33 billion annually, driving a race for new weedkillers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Developed in the 1970s, it has been widely used for decades because it is both highly effective at preventing weeds from growing and, acutely, very safe.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
I went to them to look for the pretty weeds and wildflowers that grew in between the rows of people who lived lives long and short before me.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026
“Remember the piccolo,” I whisper, and take shot after shot from the dirt square, from behind the shed, from the place where the weeds grow out of the cement.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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