Ragweed

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various weeds of the genus Ambrosia having small, greenish, unisexual flower heads and producing abundant pollen that is one of the chief causes of hay fever.
  • n. Chiefly British Ragwort.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any plant of the composite genus Ambrosia; especially, the common North American species A. trifida, the great ragweed or horse-cane, and A. artemisiæfolia, the Roman wormwood or hogweed.
  • n. The ragwort or St.-James-wort, Senecio Jacobæa.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
  • n. widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
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    giant ragweed   
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    hogweed   
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