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    3 months ago

    As far as I’ve been taught, a weed is just a plant growing in an undesirable location. If you had a tomato plant growing in your garden of orchids, that tomato plant could be considered a weed.

    • @Donkter@lemmy.world
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      43 months ago

      Also lots of weeds are considered weeds because they are invasive and choke out the native/more delicate plants in the area.

    • @Mesophar@pawb.social
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      13 months ago

      Yeah, “weeds” are contextual to what and where the plant is. Of course it’s a made up concept, it’s not a classification of a type of plant, just a description of a plant you don’t want in a certain spot.