weed

the weeds begin to sprout.

The weeds grow apace.

Weeds grow thickly in rich soil.

these weeds spread like nobody's business.

irradicable weeds; irradicable prejudices.

riverbank weeds; a riverbank cottage.

The rope was befouled by weeds and sticks.

a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard.

weed out unqualified applicants.

He forked the weeds out.

Weeds cumbered the garden paths.

Tomorrow I have to weed the garden.

chemicals that are very ineffective in killing weeds

The dodder is one kind of annual autoecious weed of alfalfa, cosmopolitan weed quarantine object.

He saw the phosphorescence of the Gulf weed in the water.

They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds.