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Definition: Ragweed |
RagweedNoun1. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity. 2. Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ragweed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1909. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | Piraterie. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
"Ragweed, the mother of all allergens"
Placeholder for Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ragweed."
Synonyms: RagweedSynonyms: ambrosia (n), benweed (n), bitterweed (n), ragwort (n), tansy ragwort (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ragweed |
| English words defined with "ragweed": Ambrosia psilostachya, aster family, Asteraceae ♦ Compositae ♦ family Asteraceae, family Compositae ♦ perennial ragweed, pollen count ♦ ragweed pollen ♦ western ragweed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ragweed": Quercetin. (references) |
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Health | Another interesting example of cross-reactivity occurs in people who are highly sensitive to ragweed. (references) | |
Chronic sinusitis may be caused by an allergy to such irritants as dust, ragweed, animal hair, and smoke. (references) | ||
Nonstandardized extracts of cockroach (an important cause of inner-city asthma), giant ragweed, mold, peanuts, dog dander, and feathers are proposed for future standardization. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "ragweed": common ragweed ♦ false ragweed ♦ great ragweed ♦ perennial ragweed ♦ ragweed pollen ♦ western ragweed. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cross canadian ragweed | 447 | canadian cross picture ragweed | 3 |
ragweed | 133 | canadian ragweed | 3 |
canadian cross lyrics ragweed | 46 | photo ragweed | 3 |
canadian cross ragweed tab | 26 | ragweed western | 3 |
ragweed allergy | 12 | avi by ragweed | 2 |
picture ragweed | 12 | canadian cross ragweed tablature | 2 |
canadian cross guitar ragweed tab | 10 | canadian concert cross ragweed | 2 |
ragweed pollen | 6 | canadian chord cross ragweed | 2 |
forge ragweed | 5 | herbicide ragweed | 2 |
candian cross ragweed | 5 | plant ragweed | 2 |
giant ragweed | 4 | canadian chord cross guitar ragweed | 2 |
common ragweed | 4 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "ragweed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الرجيد عشبة. (various references) | |
Danish | bynkeambrosie (common ragweed, hogweed). (various references) | |
Dutch | alsemambrosia (common ragweed, hogweed). (various references) | |
Farsi | نوعی ابروسیا(گ.ش.). (various references) | |
Finnish | marunatuoksukki (common ragweed, hogweed). (various references) | |
French | ambroisie. (various references) | |
German | beifussblaettriges Traubenkraut (common ragweed, hogweed), beifussblaettrige Ambrosie (common ragweed, hogweed). (various references) | |
Greek | αγριόχορτο (weed). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Szent Jakab füve, parlagfű, ambrózia (ambrosia), aggófű. (various references) | |
Italian | ambrosia (ambrosia). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 豚草 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶたくさ. (various references) | |
Papago | nunuwi-jehj. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agweedray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tasneira (ragwort), tasna (ragwort), ambrosia americana. (various references) | |
Russian | амброзия полыннолистна, амброзия (ambrosia). (various references) | |
Spanish | ambrosía (ambrosia). (various references) | |
Swedish | malörtsambrosia (common ragweed, hogweed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | амброзія (ambrosia). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ragweed": ragweeds. (additional references) | |
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"Ragweed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Raguenet, ragweek, reweed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ragweed" (pronounced ra"gwē'd) |
| 3 | -w ē' d | Duckweed, fireweed, milkweed, pokeweed, seaweed. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: wagered. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-r-w" | |
-1 letter: agreed, dragee, drawee, geared. | |
-2 letters: agree, dewar, eager, eagre, eared, edger, grade, greed, raged, ragee, rewed, wader, waged, wager, wared, wedge. | |
-3 letters: aged, agee, ager, awed, awee, dare, dear, deer, dere, drag, draw, dree, dreg, drew, edge, egad, eger, ewer, gaed, gear, geed, grad, gree, grew, rage, read, rede, reed, wade, wage, ward. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-r-w" | |
+1 letter: ragweeds. | |
+2 letters: earwigged, swaggered. | |
+3 letters: beggarweed, dewatering, greasewood, greensward. | |
+4 letters: beggarweeds, grandnephew, greasewoods, greenswards, waterlogged, wrongheaded. | |
+5 letters: grandnephews. | |
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