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ragwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ragwort has 2 senses
- ragwort(n = noun.plant) benweed, ragweed, senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort - widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity; Array is a member of genus senecio, senecio
- ragwort(n = noun.plant) butterweed, senecio glabellus - American ragwort with yellow flowers; Array is a kind of wild flower, wildflower
is a kind of weed
is a member of genus senecio, senecio
CIDE DICTIONARY
ragwort, n.
A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio . [1913 Webster]
" Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States; Senecio elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa."
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