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handweed en · VERB

Etymology

From hand + weed.

Meanings

1. To remove weeds using only hand tools, that is, without spraying or using other weed-suppression technology.
   • Filipino farmers usually handweed upland rice twice. 1989, Tropical Pest Management, page 34:
   • Thus, an additional 283.5 hours per acre were required to handweed plots not treated with Prowl. 1993, New York State Vegetable Growers Association, Proceedings of the New Your State Vegetable Conference, page 163:
   • Snce the plots were wheel-hoed and handweeded twice, the number of man-minutes to handweed each plot is a good indication of the effect of the different treatments on the different weed species. 1956, The Philippine Agriculturist - Volumes 40-41, page 435:

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