ragweed

Words with a similar base: ragweed

'ragweed'

[ragwort.n.01] as in: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity

'ragweed'

[ragweed.n.02] as in: 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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					ragweed (English)
├── rag (English)
│   └── rǫgg (Old Norse)
└── weed (English)
    ├── weod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── weodian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── wæd (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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