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Meanings of plant weed in English

Russian
сорное растение
Portuguese
praga vegetal
Spanish
flora arvense
Catalan
planta al·loctona
Wikidata

Plant considered undesirable in a particular situation.

        сорное растение
        Usage of plant weed in English
        1
        We do not plant weed-seeds, but in some way they get into the ground, and come up along with the garden-plants.
        Light On the Child's Path
        2
        If you are planting weeds as a green mulch, legumes such as medick and clover are best.
        Radio NZ
        3
        He is like the devil, that sows tares in the dark, and while a man sleeps plants weeds among his corn.
        Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century