05-28-2014, 07:36 AM
I farmed for years, and never heard anyone in the countryside refer to an herbicide as a pesticide, but you're right, I looked it up, herbicide is included under the broad definition of pesticide.
Weeds and plants can be included in the common definition for pest:
1. an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
2. an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc.
3. a deadly epidemic disease, especially a plague; pestilence.
Since "thing" is included under definition #1 that pretty much includes weeds, and everything else as well.
It certainly is a less than precise definition, and as a former farmer I would go so far as to say such a broad interpretation is troublesome, even a nuisance. Think I'll see if I can find an approved pesticide to spray on it.
Weeds and plants can be included in the common definition for pest:
1. an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
2. an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc.
3. a deadly epidemic disease, especially a plague; pestilence.
Since "thing" is included under definition #1 that pretty much includes weeds, and everything else as well.
It certainly is a less than precise definition, and as a former farmer I would go so far as to say such a broad interpretation is troublesome, even a nuisance. Think I'll see if I can find an approved pesticide to spray on it.
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