Bitterweed

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A name given to American species of ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiæfolia and A. trifida.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia); Roman worm wood.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia.
  • noun. The plant Artemisia trifida.
  • noun. The plant Helenium amarum.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
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    weed