ragwort

(redirected from ragworts)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia.
Related to ragworts: Senecio, Common Ragwort

rag·wort

 (răg′wûrt′, -wôrt′)
n.
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.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ragwort

(ˈræɡˌwɜːt)
n
(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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rag•wort

(ˈrægˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n.
any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, usu. bearing yellow, slender-rayed flower heads.
[1325–75]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ragwort - widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowersragwort - 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
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

ragwort

[ˈrægwɜːt] N → hierba f cana, zuzón m, hierba f de Santiago
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ragwort

[ˈrægˌwɜːt] n → erba di San Giacomo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Mentioned in ?
References in classic literature ?
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.
View in context
I will also be constructing a sculpture called FORTY POSIES OF RAGWORTS IN FORTY EMPTY JAM JARS.
For me the ragwort symbolises culture that grows up through the cracks in the pavement as opposed to that which grows in the carefully tended flowerbeds of the city's parks and gardens.
Glorious yellow weed a symbol of culture that grows up through the cracks of the pavement

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?