雑草 — meaning in English

English meaning

• grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
• weed verb To pull unwanted plants out of a garden or field.

Senses

雑草 is used for these senses in English:

• grass (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
• weed (countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

grass — full definition

1. noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
2. noun Marijuana (informal).
3. noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
4. verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.

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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