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noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
golden ragwort (Packera aurea, syn. Senecio aureus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: golden groundsel, golden squawweed, heart-leaf groundsel, liferoot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
roundleaf ragwort (Packera obovata, syn. Senecio obovatus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: spoon-leaved ragwort, roundleaf groundsel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
Texas ragwort (Senecio ampullaceus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Texas squaw-weed, Texas groundsel, Texas butterweed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: old-man-in-the-spring
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
threadleaf groundsel (Senecio flaccidus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Douglas senecio, threadleaf ragwort
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima, syn. Eupatorium rugosum)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: richweed, white sanicle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several species of plants of North America:
purplestem aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: red-stalk aster, red-stemmed aster, red-stem aster, swamp aster, early purple aster, cocash, swanweed, meadow scabish
Antonyms: none provided
History
From squaw + weed.
