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Sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
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ragwort
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to ''Senecio'' and related genera.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Kali threw down her bunch of ragwort and it landed, splayed out limply, on the top. ▪ Nettles grew everywhere, and ragwort , and the wall itself was thick with plants growing in every available gap. ▪ One stable owner at Evesham ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn: tansy ragwort , ragweed , benweed , Senecio jacobaea ] American ragwort with yellow flowers [syn: butterweed , Senecio ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ragwort \Rag"wort`\ (r[a^]g"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio . Note: Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States; Senecio elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from ragged , in reference to the appearance of the leaves, + wort .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ragwort may refer to a number of plant species: Certain members of the genus Senecio (ragworts and groundsels) including: Senecio ampullaceus , Texas ragwort Senecio cambrensis , Welsh ragwort Senecio squalidus , Oxford ragwort Senecio viscosus , sticky ...
Usage examples of ragwort.
I had long known the stupefying effect of bugloss, and old Wyrd had once told me that ragwort will make a horse go mad, so I used them both, and lavishly.
I had some ragwort and bugloss left over, so, just to make sure that I was giving the Walis-karja no parsimonious dose of those weeds, I mixed them in with the hanaf leaves.
If the bugloss and ragwort worked as warranted, the Walis-karja would probably still be demented and addled all day tomorrow, if not for many more days.
In suitable cases the Senecio not only anticipates the period, but also increases the quantity: and where the monthly time has never been established the Ragwort is generally found useful.
Whenever he rooted himself in a meadow of buttercups and poppies, or amidst purple monkshood and the peering, sightless faces of field pansies, or within sight of sweet pink clover and tufted violet vetch and sunny ragwort, it appeared at first that here was simply a gratuitous explosion of loveliness, to daze the bees and butterflies.
Ragwort had looked after the house ever since it had been built, and before that had been one of the select band of brownies looking after Bath Abbey.
Ragwort and Bodkin exchanged glances, not able to quite believe that the master of a great house like Bellevue Castle, which would warrant the attention of many brownies, would not know of such things.
Yet the red and black cinnabar moth has caterpillars which, while they are happy to eat innocuous weeds such as groundsel, are also ragwort specialists.
If used in the green state with Comfrey and Ragwort, the combination makes an excellent poultice for old wounds and inflammations in any part of the body.