weed

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. root out, extirpate, clear (of weeds); cull; remove, eliminate. See cleanness, exclusion.—n. pest, nuisance; informal, tobacco, smoking. See vegetable, agriculture, pungency.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Wild plant]

Syn. noxious weed, uncultivated plant, unwanted plant, prolific plant; see plant .

Common weeds include: ragweed, nettle, wild morning-glory, pigweed, buckthorn, dandelion, lamb's quarters, buttonweed, dog fennel, plantain, quack grass, couch grass, crab grass, jimson weed, ironweed, wild sunflower, wild hemp, horsemint, foxtail, milkweed, wild barley, wild buckwheat, mullein, cheat grass, Russian thistle, tumbleweed, burdock, wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace, wild parsley, tarweed, vervain, vetch, purslane, wild onion, wild mustard.

2. [*Cigarette or cigar]

Syn. tobacco, coffin nail*, fag*, joint*; see tobacco .

3. [*Marijuana]

Syn. pot*, boo*, smoke, grass, Maryjane*; see also marijuana .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.''—Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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v.

remove, pull, yank, uproot, cull, get rid of, weed out.