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Algæ are not to be confounded with the water vegetation common to the eye and passing by the term weeds.
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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By and by, in the farmer's fields, we shall see many pretty flowers which he calls weeds.
Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke
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Another, and probably the best thing to do with the plowed area is to let it regrow in weeds.
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The first “problem” is nonsensical: The demand for public works far exceeds the money available, so the choice is not between doing a job with volunteers or with union labor, but between building a park or leaving a vacant lot in weeds.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Friday Funnies #2, Via the SEIU 2009
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Another, and probably the best thing to do with the plowed area is to let it regrow in weeds.
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This works well along open lake bottoms but tangles in weeds.
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But here and there throughout cyberspace, you'll find the most remarkable artistic surprises springing up everywhere like unstoppable wild flowers that some might call weeds.
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Plants growing in the garden other than those that were purposefully planted are called weeds.
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There are many other grasses in the field; some of them are useful, while others the farmer would call weeds.
Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke
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At present, too many of these truly lovely girls remind one of choice flowers half buried in weeds.
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