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  • adjective comparative form of weedy: more weedy

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Examples

  • Needless to say, most roadsides are subject to all sorts of chemical and other contamanents, so it would probably be inadvisable to forage for them, except in weedier portions of your own garden olive oil lemon juice walnut oil their own greens, steamed fancy salts - show off well on beets freshly ground pepper boiled new potatos-whole with skins if tiny, otherwise skinned and cubed chopped scallions chives chopped or thinly sliced red onion boiled eggs - in wedges or pushed through a sieve toasted sesame seeds fennel fronds belgian endive little oil-cure nicoise-type olives

    Farm Box IV: Friends to the Beet Lindy 2005

  • Needless to say, most roadsides are subject to all sorts of chemical and other contamanents, so it would probably be inadvisable to forage for them, except in weedier portions of your own garden olive oil lemon juice walnut oil their own greens, steamed fancy salts - show off well on beets freshly ground pepper boiled new potatos-whole with skins if tiny, otherwise skinned and cubed chopped scallions chives chopped or thinly sliced red onion boiled eggs - in wedges or pushed through a sieve toasted sesame seeds fennel fronds belgian endive little oil-cure nicoise-type olives

    Toast: Lindy 2005

  • Forest specialists are most likely to suffer, losing out to "weedier" generalists and species that can tolerate forest "edge" conditions.

    Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Sadly not, the publishers have gone for a weedier down tempo vibe with Coldplay.

    Watch The Guitar Hero: Metallica Trailer 2008

  • In general, the clearer and weedier the water, the more bass will chase schools of minnows-and the more they'll be inclined to take topwater plugs and poppers-even in fairly deep water.

    Rivers of Bronze 2005

  • Some get on like a house on fire, hanging out at sleepovers, getting drunk down the park together, falling in love whilst others just bully the weedier ones, or they are bolshy troublemakers.

    Weekend Herb Blogging Recap Pat 2007

  • Some get on like a house on fire, hanging out at sleepovers, getting drunk down the park together, falling in love whilst others just bully the weedier ones, or they are bolshy troublemakers.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Pat 2007

  • Magnificent, but the surface-ground is weedier than ever.

    Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913

  • The Humming-bird, growing weedier and weaker, revived in her presence; he relaxed a little of his moroseness and austerity.

    The Combined Maze May Sinclair 1904

  • The traveller had apparently taken his direction with care before he started, however, for he made his way straight to another rock, weedier and more overhanging than the first.

    Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

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