Etymology

superweed

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Today it means: Any wild plant that has become a virulent weed as a result of acquiring resistance to herbicides through exposure and natural selection, or by pollination with a genetically modified plant. Full definition →

English weed ← Middle English weed ← Old English wēod
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*weud
  8. Old Englishwēod
  9. Middle Englishweed
  10. Englishweed
  11. English todaysuperweed

From super- + weed.

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