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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rag-weed |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrægˌwid |
Définition of ragweed
Origin :- 1790, from ragged + weed (n.); so called from shape of the leaves. Applied to a different plant (ragwort) from 1650s.
- As in allergen : noun irritant
- Yellow-stick, the ragwort or ragweed, which grows to a great size in Ireland.
- Extract from : « The Fairy Mythology » by Thomas Keightley
- Then there's this ragweed; if I let it alone, it will choke out every thing else.
- Extract from : « The Old Market-Cart » by Mrs. F. B. Smith
- If man could make but the single seed of the ragweed, he could make a world.
- Extract from : « Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 » by Various
- "Honestly, I didn't think it would kill anything but ragweed," Henry sniveled miserably.
- Extract from : « Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses » by Dwight V. Swain
- Weed seeds such as those of spurges (Euphorbia), ragweed, and pigweed were found in trace amounts in the diet of the crows.
- Extract from : « Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas » by Dwight Platt
- Of our ragweed not much can be set down that is complimentary, except that its name in the botany is Ambrosia, food of the gods.
- Extract from : « A Year in the Fields » by John Burroughs
- The white-throated sparrow, a large and very pretty bird, eats the seeds of smartweed and ragweed.
- Extract from : « The Children's Book of Birds » by Olive Thorne Miller
- Ragweed and smartweed seeds are dainties to him as some nuts are to you, and he eats a great many.
- Extract from : « The Children's Book of Birds » by Olive Thorne Miller
- A mixed flock of these small birds lived several days last winter upon the seeds of the ragweed in my mowing-field.
- Extract from : « The Fall of the Year » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- The Canada thistle, ragweed, plantain and burdock are among the weeds that may thus ripen seeds in medium clover.
- Extract from : « Clovers and How to Grow Them » by Thomas Shaw
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