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Meanings of ragweed in English

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Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity.

Portuguese
ambrosia
Spanish
ambrosía

Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma.

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Usage of ragweed in English
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The ragweed grew everywhere it pleased, affording grand cover for the quail.
The Killer
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The decrease in skin sensitivity to ragweed was similar in both groups.
Pubmed
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Background: Common ragweed has been spreading as a neophyte in Europe.
Pubmed
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The common ragweed is a vegetative menace of the highest order.
Wired
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The highest rate of airborne ragweed pollen was recorded in August and September.
Pubmed
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I don't know if it even filtered ragweed, but it sold.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
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Worse yet, sumpweed is a wind-pollinated relative of ragweed, the notorious hayfever-causing plant.
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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It could be the colic or the rash or the ragweed.
Serena
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She scatters them with lavish hand from ragweed, thistle or oak.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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You've probably got ragweed in there, and poison oak, and bitter vetch, and-
The talisman
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But when the plant was introduced to Europe without the beetle, ragweed ran riot.
Wired
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Her normally stylish coif resembled a field of windblown ragweed.
Alpine for You
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Like ragweed's, sumpweed's pollen can cause hayfever where the plant occurs in abundant stands.
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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I'd heard of people being allergic to grass, dogs and cats, ragweed, tobacco and dandelions.
Boy’s Life
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In addition, an earlier rise in serum IgE response to ragweed occurred in the RSV-infected animals.
Pubmed
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Varied geographic distributions of ragweed species raise questions regarding the need for ragweed species-specific allergen immunotherapy.
Pubmed
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Portuguese
ambrosia
Spanish
ambrosía
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United States of America
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