English

Noun

weedery ‎(countable and uncountable, plural weederies)

1. Weeds, collectively.
2. A place full of weeds or used for growing weeds.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)

3. (informal) A legal marijuana dispensary.
   • 2014, Chad Garland, "Dispensary rules leave Oregon pot test labs unregulated", The Herald (Everett, Washington), 19 April 2014:

     Bee Young, owner of the state-licensed dispensary Wickit Weedery in Springfield, said she’s seen testing prices jump from $75 before the dispensary rules went into effect in March to $250 since.

   • 2015, Christian Hageseth (with Joseph D'Agnese), Big Weed: An Entrepreneur's High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business, Palgrave Macmillan (2015), ISBN 9781137280008, pages 2-3:

     My name is Christian Hageseth and I sell marijuana for a living. Honest-to-goodness, legal marijuana. The building my architect just designed for me? It's destined to be the world's first weedery.

   • 2015, Stuart Miller, "Marijuana Legalization in Colorado Leads to First ‘Weedery’", The New York Times, 11 August 2015:

     Wineries and breweries should brace themselves for some unusual competition. Colorado, which legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012, will get its first “weedery” in early 2016.