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perennial ragweed vs ragweed

ragweed vs perennial ragweed

perennial ragweed and ragweed both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
perennial ragweed Yes No No No
ragweed Yes No No No
As nouns, ragweed is a hypernym of perennial ragweed; that is, ragweed is a word with a broader meaning than perennial ragweed:
  • perennial ragweed: coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico
  • ragweed: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
Other hypernyms of perennial ragweed include ambrosia, bitterweed.
perennial ragweed (noun) ragweed (noun)
coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
Difference between perennial ragweed and ragweed

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