Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to American species of ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiæfolia and A. trifida.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A species of Ambrosia (
Ambrosia artemisiæfolia ); Roman worm wood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
plant in thegenus Ambrosia , especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia. - noun The plant Artemisia trifida.
- noun The plant Helenium amarum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
- noun any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
Etymologies
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bitter + weed
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