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COMMON RAGWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally
Synonyms:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia; common ragweed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("common ragweed" is a kind of...):
ambrosia; bitterweed; ragweed (any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma)