WESTERN RAGWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does western ragweed mean? 

• WESTERN RAGWEED (noun)
  The noun WESTERN RAGWEED has 1 sense:

1. coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico

  Familiarity information: WESTERN RAGWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESTERN RAGWEED (noun)

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Meaning:

Coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ambrosia psilostachya; perennial ragweed; western ragweed

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)