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WESTERN RAGWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
Ambrosia psilostachya; perennial ragweed; western ragweed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("western 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)