Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A weedy character or state: as, a garden remarkable for its weediness.
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- noun The quality of being
weedy .
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Examples
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"Concerning the 'weediness' of A. angustissima, at our 1650 meter site naturally sown seeds do not germinate for a year or so, which indicates a dormant period.
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As an antithesis, we looked at Van Dyck's paintings of spindly, weak-jawed Charles I who needed to be put on a giant horse in gold armour to disguise his weediness.
Rewind TV: The Apprentice; The Song of Lunch; The Genius of British Art Phil Hogan 2010
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And the criteria for weediness can change dramatically with time.
Why We Must Learn to Love Weeds Richard Mabey 2011
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One summer, the parish council notified Mr. Mabey that it had received an anonymous complaint about the untidy weediness.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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And the key to our weediness may be the many ways in which our behavioral genes can vary.
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One summer, the parish council notified Mr. Mabey that it had received an anonymous complaint about the untidy weediness.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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And the key to our weediness may be the many ways in which our behavioral genes can vary.
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Brilliantly, this apparently didn't take place during Primal Scream's authority-baiting XTRMNTR period, but when they were a jangly indie band of extreme weediness.
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The rest of the garden, the part that is not visible to passersby and their untrained scrutiny of what is pleasing and what is a mess of weediness, has been managed in a new way.
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Self seeding to the point of weediness, purple leaf and blooming Perilla frutescens is allowed to spread in there.
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