Weeds are a human mental construct - without human agriculture and horticulture or dwellings on earth there wouldn't be any weeds. There would just be plants...
So, in our rather selfish pursuits we tell the plants that like to live in 'our' places, that they are unwanted (=weeds) and should be eradicated.
Some definitions:
A plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants.
A plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one growing where it is not wanted, as in a garden.
A valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop. Any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted.
Any plant that is growing in a place where a human wants a different kind of plant or no plants at all.
Any plant growing where it is not wanted.
A wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.
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