AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ambrosia artemisiifolia mean? 

• AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ambrosia artemisiifolia; common ragweed

Hypernyms ("Ambrosia artemisiifolia" 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)