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ragweed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ragweed \Rag"weed\, n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia}) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. {Great ragweed}, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida}), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ragweed n 1: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn: {ragwort}, {tansy ragwort}, {benweed}, {Senecio jacobaea}] 2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma [syn: {ambrosia}, {bitterweed}]
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