weedy
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weedy (ˈwiːdɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , weedier, weediest | |
| 1. | full of or containing weeds: weedy land |
| 2. | (of a plant) resembling a weed in rapid or straggling growth |
| 3. | informal thin or weakly in appearance |
| 'weedily | |
| —adv | |
| 'weediness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
There are many white-flowered, umbel-producing plants with pinnately compound leaves, several of which are also weedy exotics.
Unique ocean specimens, including a weedy sea dragon, are plentiful throughout the aquarium.
Meanwhile the economic and political one is weedy and neglected.
Rabbits are abundant wherever brushy, weedy areas occur and can be hunted with or without dogs.
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