tares

Weeds among wheat

Tares are weeds that grow among grain crops, especially a plant that resembles wheat until it matures.

The word appears almost exclusively in biblical contexts, from the parable of the wheat and the tares, where an enemy sows weeds among good seed: Let both grow together until the harvest.

The parable warns against prematurely judging who belongs and who doesn't.

Outside religious usage, tares is rare and archaic.

biblical

darnel

Poisonous ryegrass weed

wheatCereal crop for flour
parableInstructive allegorical narrative
sowerOne who plants seeds

enemy · field · harvest · chaff · Matthew · Gospel · Kingdom of Heaven · judgment · fire · furnace

weed

darnel

Poisonous ryegrass weed

ryegrassHardy turf species
poisonousCapable of causing death
infestationPest takeover situation

lookalike · invasive · noxious · unwanted · blight · choking · overgrowth · removal · pulling · uprooting

weight

measurement

Determining size or amount

deductionConclusion from premises
packagingProtective product enclosure
gross weightTotal weight with container

net weight · allowance · scales · commerce · trade · weighing · subtraction · calculation

agriculture

wheat fields

Cultivated land for cereal

barleyGrain for malt
ryeHardy cereal crop
harvestGathering mature crops

sowing · cultivation · crop loss · contamination · weeding · separation · threshing · winnowing · herbicide · infestation

tares

darnel

darnel

measurement

wheat fields

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