superweed

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noun

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.

OriginEnglish weed ← Middle English weed ← Old English wēod →
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Meanings

nounsuperweed (plural superweeds)

plural superweeds · alternative super-weed · alternative super weed

  1. 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.

Origin

  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. Englishsuperweed

From super- + weed.

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APA

superweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superweed

MLA

“superweed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superweed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superweed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superweed.

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