COMMON RAGWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common ragweed mean? 

• COMMON RAGWEED (noun)
  The noun COMMON RAGWEED has 1 sense:

1. annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally

  Familiarity information: COMMON RAGWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON RAGWEED (noun)

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Meaning:

Annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ambrosia artemisiifolia; common ragweed

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)