ambrosia artemisiifolia

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscommon ragweed

   Broaderragweed

Questions about ambrosia artemisiifolia

What does ambrosia artemisiifolia mean?

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

What is another word for ambrosia artemisiifolia?

Close synonyms include common ragweed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ambrosia artemisiifolia a common word?

ambrosia artemisiifolia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.