Found 1 items, similar to Ambrosia artemisiaefolia.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ambrosia artemisiaefolia Ragweed \Rag"weed`\ (r[a^]g"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia ) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. [1913 Webster] Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves. [1913 Webster] Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota, wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness. [1913 Webster] Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix. 18. [1913 Webster] Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia ); hogweed. Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems. Wormwood hare (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus); -- so named from its color. [1913 Webster] Bitterweed \Bit"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.) A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia); Roman worm wood. --Gray. [1913 Webster]