Herb vs. Weed

Herbnoun

(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

Herbnoun

(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

Herbnoun

Marijuana.

Herbnoun

A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

Herbnoun

Grass; herbage.

Herbnoun

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

Herbnoun

Grass; herbage.

Herbnoun

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Herbnoun

aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

Herb

In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances; excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients. Culinary use typically distinguishes herbs from spices.

Weednoun

(countable) Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.

Weednoun

Short for duckweed.

Weednoun

Underbrush; low shrubs.

Weednoun

A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.

Weednoun

Cannabis.

Weednoun

Tobacco.

Weednoun

A cigar.

Weednoun

(countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.

Weednoun

A puny person; one who has little physical strength.

Weednoun

Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

Weednoun

(archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.

Weednoun

(archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.

Weednoun

(archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.

Weednoun

(Female) mourning apparel.

Weednoun

A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.

Weedverb

To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.

Weedverb

simple past tense and past participle of wee

Weednoun

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

Weednoun

An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.

Weednoun

A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.

Weednoun

Underbrush; low shrubs.

Weednoun

Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.

Weednoun

Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

Weednoun

An animal unfit to breed from.

Weednoun

Tobacco, or a cigar.

Weedverb

To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.

Weedverb

To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate; - commonly used with out; as, to weed out inefficiency from an enterprise.

Weedverb

To free from anything hurtful or offensive.

Weedverb

To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.

Weednoun

any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

Weednoun

street names for marijuana

Weedverb

clear of weeds;

Weed

A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, . Examples commonly are plants unwanted in human-controlled settings, such as farm fields, gardens, lawns, and parks.