The Japan Times · COMMENTARY

New words to live by, new worlds to occupy

· By Brad Glosserman
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Japanese biologist Tomitaro Makino believed that “there is no such thing as a weed.” Instead, he insisted that the label depends on the larger context from which the plant emerges.

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