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ragweed
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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rag·weed
/ ˈragˌwēd/
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n.
a North American plant (Ambrosia artemisia) of the daisy family. Its tiny green flowers produce copious amounts of pollen, making it a major causative agent of hay fever.
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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WRETCHED RAGWEED IF YOU ARE AMONG THE 20 PERCENT WHO ARE ALLERGIC, THERE ISN'T MUCH YOU CAN DO TO GET RID OF THIS PROLIFIC PLANT'S POLLEN. BUT THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/20/1996; 700+ words
; ...And this is its season. Meet the common ragweed, ambrosia artemisiifolia, the bane of...sister species, the 10-foot-tall giant ragweed, are beginning to bloom throughout the...in force recently, mowing and whacking ragweed wherever they find it. For example...
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Ragweed Research Is Nothing to Sneeze At: Graduate Students Probe How Pesky Pollen Spreads Under Varying Weather Conditions.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 9/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...person with a pollen allergy, an 18-acre ragweed field sounds like a sneezy, red-eyed...that could aid the 15 million people with ragweed allergies in the United States and Canada...acre field to develop a computer model of ragweed pollen behavior. The model also could...
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RAGWEED-WEARY ARE LOSERS BY A NOSE.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...of the bad news: Right on schedule, ragweed is at its peak. No need to tell 42...Stewart of Malta. He's been nursing a ragweed-induced sinus headache for a few days...ibuprofen isn't doing the trick. ``Ragweed definitely bothers me,'' Stewart said...
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GRAB A HANKIE: RAGWEED CROP PEAKS THIS WEEK.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/2/1998; 700+ words
; ...time of year. Already, total ragweed counts are at 630, surpassing...entire 1997 season. ``The ragweed growth this year has been tremendous...probably one of the top crop of ragweeds we've seen in the past five...around Aug. 15 or 20, when ragweed plants start to blossom, usually...
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Ragweed revives as rainfall returns.(Metropolitan)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Dennis are helping the ever-dreaded ragweed rally quickly this week throughout the...weekend, has helped speed up the growth of ragweed and mold spores, two moisture-thriving...persisted, we probably wouldn't have a ragweed season," said Dr. Dean Metcalfe, chief...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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SUFFERING STARTS FOR THOSE ALLERGIC TO RAGWEED POLLEN THE PLANT PRODUCES MOST OF ITS POLLEN DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 8/16/2003; 667 words
; ...La Crosse Tribune LA CROSSE -- The ragweed season officially started Friday. Diminishing daylight stimulates the ragweed plant to pollinate, and for the next...of La Crosse who has kept track of ragweed and mold counts for many years, said...
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Sneezes, Watery Eyes Herald Ragweed Season
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/22/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...need a calendar to know it's ragweed time again. The cool summer...just what the giant and dwarf ragweeds needed to produce clouds of...Association, has become the ragweed authority of the Midwest...enough to go around. Each ragweed plant produces, oh, a billion...
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Two New Trials Set For Ragweed Allergy Drug.(Dynavax Amb)
Newspaper article from: Immunotherapy Weekly; 6/13/2001; 700+ words
; ...oligodeoxyribonucleotide conjugate (AIC) in ragweed-allergic adults. The principal investigator...establishing its safety and immunogenicity in ragweed-allergic human subjects. The current...include 40 subjects who are allergic to ragweed and meet other eligibility criteria...
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Immulogic initiates in-season clinical trial of ALLERVAX RAGWEED.
Business Wire; 7/20/1995; 700+ words
; ...controlled trial of its ALLERVAX RAGWEED allergy therapeutic. The trial will...exposure conditions during this 1995 ragweed allergy season, which lasts from...approximately August to October. ALLERVAX RAGWEED is designed to reduce the allergic...
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Dynavax's TOLAMBA(TM) Demonstrates Safety in Phase 1 Trial of Ragweed Allergic Children.
PR Newswire; 11/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...presentation of data from a Phase 1 trial of its ragweed allergy immunotherapy, TOLAMBA, demonstrating that it was safe to test further in ragweed allergic children at a dose level equivalent...first quarter of 2006. A trial in 313 ragweed allergic children, designed to be supportive...
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ragweed
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ragweed any plant of the...subdivided leaves. Ragweeds are regarded as especially...artemisiifolia (common ragweed) and A. trifida...leaves of the common ragweed were formerly used...naturalized in Europe. Ragweeds are classified in...
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Floca, Brian
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Collection , HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999. Avi, Ragweed (also see below), HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999...NY), 2000. Avi, Tales from Dimwood Forest (includes Ragweed, Poppy and Poppy and Rye ), HarperCollins (New York, NY...
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hay fever
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...oak, elm, maple); in summer, by grass pollens, wheat or corn rusts, or fungus spores; in late summer and fall, by ragweed pollen, which is the most common cause. Temporary relief of symptoms may be obtained from antihistamines and decongestants...
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Allergy Relief: The Antihistamines
Book article from: American Decades
...wasps. Some sufferers dreaded spring, with its tree-pollen-induced sneezing and itchy eyes, while others dreaded the ragweed season in late summer. Allergies were a source of misery to millions. Histamine Until the discovery of a new treatment...
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Hay Fever
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...less likely to become airborne. Among North American plants, weeds are the most prolific producers of allergenic pollen. Ragweed is the major culprit, but other plant pollens that routinely affect hay fever sufferers include sagebrush, lamb's quarter...
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