ragwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
    Senecio jacobaea; benweed; ragweed; tansy ragwort.
  2. noun American ragwort with yellow flowers
    Senecio glabellus; butterweed.

WordNet


Rag"wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio. Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States: S. elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa.

Webster 1913