Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Weed (-s)
weed (-s), n. [OE wéod.] (webplay: away, take).
- Flora; herb; vegetation; plant life; [fig.] overgrown grass; neglected sod on a grave plot.
- Seaweed; algae; ocean plants; wild growth in salt water.
- Undesirable plant; wild growth; botanical stranger.
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