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tare

tare

1 9.5
A small wild plant like vetch sometimes grown for animal feed but often a weed
  • noun
  • /tɛr/
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  • Accidentally, tares happen to look like wheat in many phases of their growth.
  • pull up the tares

Examples

  • When humans collect and plant wheat seeds and cultivate and nurture wheat, tares accidentally come along for the ride.

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  • In many fields, tares grow alongside cultivated plants and are sometimes hard to distinguish.

  • Then came the tares among the wheat.

    Nefarious (2023)

  • The wheat with the tares.

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  • We must remain peculiar people, separated like the wheat from the tares.

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  • Jesus tells his burning-with-zeal disciples about the wheat and the tares.

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  • Farmers often struggle to keep the tares from overtaking their crops.

  • Tares are commonly mistaken for valuable crops because of their similar appearance.

Synonyms

weed
vstare
187 1.0

A wild plant that grows where people do not want it and harms other plants

refers to a specific plant often cultivated for animal feed and soil improvement
vetch
vstare
  • Specialized
1 9.7

A climbing plant like a pea with small flowers used to feed animals and improve soil

appears often as an unwanted plant rather than a helpful forage

Compounds

hairy tare
  • UK
9.9

A low climbing plant farmers grow to feed animals or improve soil

Surface Forms

tare singular
tares plural

Etymology

Tare for a field weed comes from an old English word for a small wild pea that grew with crops, and older stories even speak of 'sowing tares' among the wheat. So a tare is still a 'weedy plant' that can take over a field.