ragweed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ragweed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ragweed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ragweed n widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity Synonym(s): ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma Synonym(s): ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ragweed \Rag"weed\, n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia artemisi[91]folia}) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. {Great ragweed}, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida}), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.