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noun
Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
American ragwort with yellow flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: butterweed, Senecio glabellus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower
noun
widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed
History
From rag (referring to the ragged leaves) + wort.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
