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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any wild plant that has become a virulent weed as a result of acquiring resistance to herbicides through exposure and natural selection, or by pollination with a genetically modified plant.

Etymology

From super- + weed.

Related phrases

genetically modifiednatural selection

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