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rag·wort

(răg′wûrt′, -wôrt′)

Any of various plants in the composite family, chiefly of the genera Senecio and Packera, having yellow flower heads. S. jacobaea, a European species poisonous to livestock, is widely naturalized in North America and elsewhere.

[From the ragged shape of its leaves.]

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ragwort

(ˈræɡˌwɜːt)

(Plants) any of several plants of the genus Senecio, esp S. jacobaea of Europe, that have yellow daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites). See also groundsel¹

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rag•wort

(ˈrægˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n.

any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, usu. bearing yellow, slender-rayed flower heads.

[1325–75]

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Noun	1.	ragwort - widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity benweed, ragweed, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort genus Senecio, Senecio - enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
	2.	ragwort - American ragwort with yellow flowers butterweed, Senecio glabellus wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant genus Senecio, Senecio - enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds

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ragwort

[ˈrægwɜːt] N → hierba f cana, zuzón m, hierba f de Santiago

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ragwort

[ˈrægˌwɜːt] n → erba di San Giacomo

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Golden patches of ragwort blazed here and there among a tangled mass of no doubt worthier herbage,--such even in nature is the power of gold,--and there were the usual birds.

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Wheeler, of Haydn Road, Knotty Ash, left his horse, Oscar, grazing in a field in Fazakerley which contained the poisonous weed ragwort - which is deadly to horses - despite being warned by Liverpool council to remove it.

Donkey ride man jailed after poisoned horse left to suffer in pain

Wheeler, of Haydn Road, Knotty Ash, left his horse Oscar grazing in a field inFazakerleywhich contained the poisonous weed ragwort - which is deadly to horses - despite being warned by Liverpool council to remove it.

Locked up and banned from keeping horses: donkey ride man who let animal die in pain; Ronald Wheeler has been in court before over cruelty towards animals

Volunteers helped remove ragwort during their time at the reserve, as the plant is poisonous to the grazing animals the trust uses to manage grassland.

Nature reserve spruced up by team; Heatwave can't dry out volunteers

The cinnabar loves ragwort plants, but flies in grasslands and garden in both day and night.

Moth flies into 'classroom'

Lock, of Penisaf Avenue, Towyn, admitted the offences relating to the mistreatment of seven mares and one stallion, two of which had to be put to sleep due to serious liver damage thought to be caused from the plant ragwort which is toxic to horses.

'Appalling' neglect of horses earns 10-year ban; TWO HAD TO BE PUT DOWN AND SIX TAKEN FROM MAN

RTE's horse racing pundit was asked about ragwort during the coverage of the Galway Races on Thursday.

Shoot weedy farmers says pundit Walsh

YOUR article "Llysiau'r gingroen yn fygythiad i anifeiliaid" (Ragwort is a threat to animals) Western Mail, September 5, could hardly be more inaccurate.

Ragwort rant is a load of nonsense; Views of Wales

It was a very ragged and worn individual found feeding on ragwort in the grassy edge of an arable field."

Rare butterfly spotted after 130 year absence

A new study released by the charity on Monday revealed how some very rare species, like fen ragwort and wood calamint, have their last remaining natural homes in Britain nestled in its road verges -- one of the UK's most important yet under-appreciated habitats.

Threatened road verges keep rare wild flowers from extinction, says charity

Based on seasonal availability, plants could include: Wild Geranium, Large Beard-tongue, Foxglove Beardtongue, Fall Phlox, Sweet William, Creeping Phlox, Turk's Cap Lily, Swamp Milkweed (to host Monarch butterflies), New England aster, Switchgrass, Big Bluestem grass, Black-eyed Susan, Jewelweed, Woolly Ragwort, Blue Waxweed, Purple Tridens grass, spearmint, peppermint, oregano, and sage.

Raritan Valley Community College, (N.J.) in partnership with the Rotary Club of Branchburg, broke ground on an Enabling Garden at the college's Branchburg Campus

As to the increase in the amount of ragwort, there seems no scientific evidence of a widespread increase nationally, although of course at a local level, individual fields that are poorly managed, or left unmanaged, can experience an increase over time.