Ragweed \Rag"weed\, n. (Bot.)
A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia
artemisi[ae]folia}) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
{Great ragweed}, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida}),
with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
great ragweed
n : a coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately
3-cleft or 5-cleft [syn: {Ambrosia trifida}]