left to return to unchecked growth or become wild due to neglect

a field with a dense growth of wild weeds

Wuhu, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province

disordered and lacking logical clarity, particularly in writing, speech, or thought

to weed out the superfluous and retain the essence; to separate the wheat from the chaff

flourishing and thriving (typically referring to overgrown vegetation)

rutabaga (vegetable)

superfluous words

muddled and limited (of writing)

disorganized and mixed-up; heterogeneous and lacking coherence

Asarum blumei (a species of wild ginger plant)

Gracilaria confervoides (a fragrant herb)

an expanse of flat grassland

inferior or poor in quality; often used as a self-deprecating term for one's own work

coarse and vulgar

muddled and inferior (typically referring to writing or literary style)

overgrown with weeds

mixed-up and superfluous