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weed vs horseweed

horseweed vs weed

weed and horseweed both are nouns.

weed is a verb but horseweed is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
weed Yes No Yes No
horseweed Yes No No No
As nouns, horseweed is a hyponym of weed; that is, horseweed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weed:
  • weed: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
  • horseweed: common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
weed (noun) horseweed (noun)
street names for marijuana common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
weed (verb) horseweed (verb)
clear of weeds
Difference between weed and horseweed

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