Found 2 items, similar to Ragweed.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ragweed
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ragweed
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]
