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Noxious weed
A '''Noxious weed''' is a [[plant]] that is growing in such a manner that it is causing problems by interfering with other desirable plants or contaminating the harvest of useful plants. A [[weed]] is any plant growing where it is unwanted. Noxious weeds can be [[invasive species]].

The [[teasel]], for example, was a plant widely grown because it was used to manufacture woolens. It is no longer needed for this purpose but grows everywhere (''"Growing everywhere" does not make it a noxious weed''). Thus it has become a noxious weed.

{{msg:stub}} ''This article may better be simply combined with# REDIRECT [[wWeed]] as it appears to have little prospect for being more than a definition page.''