ragwort
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Noun (2)
- widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantitySynonyms: tansy ragwortragweedbenweedSenecio jacobaeaType of weedMember of Senecio, genus Senecio
- American ragwort with yellow flowersSynonyms: butterweedSenecio glabellusType of wildflower, wild flowerMember of Senecio, genus Senecio
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rag′wort′ (răg′wûrt′), noun
Botany A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
☞ Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States; Senecio elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54