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PERENNIAL RAGWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perennial ragweed mean?
• PERENNIAL RAGWEED (noun)
The noun PERENNIAL RAGWEED has 1 sense:
1. coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico
Familiarity information: PERENNIAL RAGWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ambrosia psilostachya; perennial ragweed; western ragweed
Hypernyms ("perennial 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)
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