RAGWORT
Dictionary entry overview: What does ragwort mean?
• RAGWORT (noun)
The noun RAGWORT has 2 senses:
1. widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
2. American ragwort with yellow flowers
Familiarity information: RAGWORT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RAGWORT (noun)
Meaning:
Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
benweed; ragweed; ragwort; Senecio jacobaea; tansy ragwort
Hypernyms ("ragwort" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("ragwort" is a member of...):
genus Senecio; Senecio (enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds)
Meaning:
American ragwort with yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
butterweed; Senecio glabellus; ragwort
Hypernyms ("ragwort" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("ragwort" is a member of...):
genus Senecio; Senecio (enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds)
