weed

n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant: {cultivated

plant}]

2: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of

euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn: {marijuana},

{marihuana}, {ganja}, {pot}, {grass}, {dope}, {gage}, {sess},

{sens}, {skunk}, {Mary-Jane}, {Cannabis sativa}]

3: the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for

euphoric effect [syn: {cannabis}, {marijuana}, {ganja}, {pot},

{grass}, {marihuana}, {dope}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke},

{skunk}, {Mary Jane}]

v : clear of weeds; "weed the garden"

weeds

1. Refers to development projects or {algorithm}s that have no

possible relevance or practical application. Comes from "off

in the weeds". Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for

{microcode} is serious weeds."

2. At {CDC}/{ETA} before its demise, the phrase "go off in the

weeds" was equivalent to {IBM}'s {branch to Fishkill} and

mainstream hackerdom's {jump off into never-never land}.

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