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Ragwort

Ragwort Meaning & Definition
Ragwort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ragwort?

[n] American ragwort with yellow flowers
[n] widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ragwort: benweed | butterweed | ragweed | Senecio glabellus | Senecio jacobaea | tansy ragwort

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ragwort:

See Also | genus Senecio | Senecio | weed | wild flower | wildflower

Ragwort In Webster's Dictionary

\Rag"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the composite genus {Senecio}. Note: {Senecio aureus} is the golden ragwort of the United States: {S. elegans} is the purple ragwort of South Africa.

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