ragwort

Other forms: ragworts

Definitions of ragwort
  1. noun
    American ragwort with yellow flowers
    synonyms: Senecio glabellus, butterweed
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    type of:
    wild flower, wildflower
    wild or uncultivated flowering plant
  2. noun
    widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
    synonyms: Senecio jacobaea, benweed, ragweed, tansy ragwort
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    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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