FALSE RAGWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false ragweed mean? 

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

1. tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE RAGWEED (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

burweed marsh elder; false ragweed; Iva xanthifolia

Hypernyms ("false ragweed" is a kind of...):

iva; marsh elder (any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America)