1Agriculture. The field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, regarded as an agricultural weed.
2North American. The plant pokeweed, Phytolacca americana.
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Charles Butler (1560–1647), philologist and apiarist. From red + weed.
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