Ambrosia
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Ambrosia psilostachya
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin ambrosia (“ambrosia, artemisia”).
Proper noun
Ambrosia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – ragweeds.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Ambrosiinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ambrosia maritima (coastal ragweed) - type species; Artemisia alpina, Ambrosia ambrosioides (canyon ragweed), Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed), Ambrosia cordifolia (Tucson burr ragweed), Ambrosia dumosa (burrobush), Ambrosia hispida (coastal ragweed), Ambrosia psilostachya (Cuman ragweed, perennial ragweed, western ragweed), Ambrosia trifida (great ragweed) - selected other species; for other species see
Ambrosia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms
- ambrosiacus
- Ambrosiaemyces
- ambrosianus
- ambrosiavora
- ambrosicola
- Ambrosicysta
- Ambrosiella
- ambrosiifolius
- Ambrosiger
- Ambrosina
- ambrosiodes
- Ambrosiodmus
- ambrosioides
- ambrosion
- Ambrosiozyma
- Ambrositacris
References
Ragweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ambrosia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ambrosia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ambrosia at Tropicos
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Pronunciation
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Noun
Ambrosia f (genitive Ambrosia, plural Ambrosien)
- ambrosia (food of gods or delicious foods)