Enlightened Meanings for a Tired Language

Unenlightened

Weed. noun: plant growing where it is not desired; sorry worthless person or animal; cigar; tobacco; Noxious trash plant that spoils conformity of high maintenence manicured lawns. A boon for chemical companies who acquire fatter pockets for supplying lethal pollutants to ignorant consumers, upholding status qou, waging war on their own benefactors, native wild medicinal plants. verb: to free from weeds; to remove something undesireable.

Enlightened

Herbs ("weed"). noun: a plant with a soft stem; nonwoody vegetation; a food for cattle; a plant whose pars are used for medicine, food, or scent.

Examples:

Plantain (Plantago major)

Familiar lawn plant. Leaves broad, ovate, ribbed; flowerhead long; tight lance.

Use: Salad, cooked green.

Medicinal: Crushed leaves may be applied to bruises to relieve inflammation.

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Familiar lawn plant with yellow flowers. Leaves sharp, irregular lobes; stems milky; downy white spheres as seed head matures.

Use: Salad, cooked green, vegetable, fritters, coffee. High in vitamin A.

Medicinal: Tea of leaves and root known to enhance liver function.

To learn more about the benevolence we walk on every day see: Petersons Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.

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