weed
noun
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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"It is a chalk lion but weeds poke through, so they will be weeding and then scraping the chalk back over," Ms Green said.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023