weedy
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1. weedy - Adjective
3. weedy - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons.
Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.
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a child with skinny freckled legs
a long scrawny neck
pale bony hands
a weedy path
weedy plants that take over a garden
After a major extinction event, usually only weedy species survive due to their ability to live in diverse habitats. citation Later, species diversify and occupy empty niches.