COMMON RAGWEED

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Meaning:

Annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally

Synonyms:

Ambrosia artemisiifolia; common ragweed

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common 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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