'Ragwort' definitions:
Definition of 'ragwort'
From: WordNet
noun
Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn: ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea]
noun
American ragwort with yellow flowers [syn: butterweed, ragwort, Senecio glabellus]
Definition of 'Ragwort'
From: GCIDE
- Ragwort \Rag"wort`\ (r[a^]g"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States; Senecio elegans is the purple ragwort of South Africa. [1913 Webster]