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ragweed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ragweed has 2 senses
- ragweed(n = noun.plant) benweed, ragwort, senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort - widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity; Array is a member of genus senecio, senecio
- ragweed(n = noun.plant) ambrosia, bitterweed - any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma; Array is a member of genus ambrosia
is a kind of weed
has particulars: ambrosia artemisiifolia, common ragweed, ambrosia trifida, great ragweed, ambrosia psilostachya, perennial ragweed, western ragweed
is a kind of weed
CIDE DICTIONARY
ragweed, n.
A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia ) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ragweed, n.
1 = RAGWORT.
2 US any plant of the genus Ambrosia, with allergenic pollen.
1 = RAGWORT.
2 US any plant of the genus Ambrosia, with allergenic pollen.
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