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adventice — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adventitious adj From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
  • weed verb To pull unwanted plants out of a garden or field.

Senses

adventice is used for these senses in English:

  • weed (countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

adventitious — full definition

  1. adj From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
  2. adj Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
  3. adj Not congenital; acquired.
  4. adj Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

weed — full definition

  1. verb To pull unwanted plants out of a garden or field.
  2. noun A wild plant growing where it isn't wanted, especially among cultivated ones.
  3. noun Marijuana (informal slang).

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