common ragweed

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsAmbrosia artemisiifolia

   Broaderragweed

Questions about common ragweed

What does common ragweed mean?

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

What is another word for common ragweed?

Close synonyms include Ambrosia artemisiifolia. 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 common ragweed a common word?

common ragweed 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.