Converse of object

• suppress: Ground Cover Plants - Plants that carpet the ground with dense growth suppressing weeds.

• smother: Compost improves the texture of your soil, helps the soil to retain moisture and smothers weeds around plants.

• overgrow: We will clear a small pond of litter and any overgrowing weeds.

• eradicate: The assistant offered them a list of ' products ' that would help them eradicate the weed!

Adjective modifier

• perennial: The type of weed control depends on whether annual or perennial weeds are present.

• broad-leaved: By using a selective hormonal treatment you can safely kill the broad-leaved weeds whilst leaving the grass.

• noxious: Please do not trespass as habitat is under severe threat and it is easy to hike in noxious weeds and to disturb nesting birds.

• pernicious: Would the dandelion be the herald of spring and the daffodil the pernicious weed?

• arable: We found a good selection of arable weeds in the balancing pond.

• invasive: Control of invasive weeds of grassland in environmentally sensitive areas Disease resistance markers in forage grasses.

Modifies a noun

• killer: Two doses of weed killer were put down which eventually turned all of the grass brown.

• seedling: The plants are strong and healthy, ready to compete effectively with weed seedlings.

• seed: The next hurdle to overcome is the weeds seeds.

• dermatitis: This species produced a positive patch test reaction in one of 50 patients investigated for " weed dermatitis " ( Shelmire 1939 ).

• infestation: However, weed infestation in peas was not eliminated by cultural means.

• suppression: I found that the thicker cardboard was best, and promised maximum weed suppression.

Noun used with modifier

• broadleaf: Grass and broadleaf weed populations varied between the organic and conventional systems each year, but the impact on yield was considered negligible.

• blanket: This will kill off blanket weed for several weeks.

• pest: You can get additional information and advice by following the links to specific crop pages and the pest weed and disease pages.

• grass: Modern, high intensity wheat systems are turning one of our biggest potential grass weed threats into a serious problem for many.