What does plucked up like a weed mean in Walk Two Moons?

The idiom "plucked up like a weed" means to be forcibly and unceremoniously removed or destroyed. In the Walk Two Moons, Phoebe's mom, a kind and hardworking woman is fired abruptly and with no notice from her work and has become "another victim of downsizing. Another plucked up like a weed.". Her termination was unexpected, unnecessary, and devastating, leaving her confused and in deep pain; it had come up quickly without warning - the way one might weed out an unwanted plant.