senecio
NounSynonyms:
genus Senecio
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weedsSynonyms: genus SenecioType of asterid dicot genusMember of Compositae, family CompositaeMembers dusty miller, groundsel, nodding groundsel, threadleaf groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Se·ne′ci·o noun
Origin: L., groundsel, lit., an old man. So called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.
Botany A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54