chenopodium ambrosioides

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chenopodium ambrosioides - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mexican \Mex"i*can\, prop. a.
     Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or
     inhabitant of Mexico.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Mexican poppy prop. n. (Bot.), a tropical American herb of
        the Poppy family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look
        of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms.
        
  
     Mexican tea prop. n. (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed
        from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides).
        [1913 Webster]

chenopodium ambrosioides - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chenopodium ambrosioides
      n 1: rank-smelling tropical American pigweed [syn: American wormseed
           , Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed,
           Chenopodium ambrosioides]