Ragwort

Quick meaning: Ragwort is a noun meaning Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.

Meaning

Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.

Example Sentences

Sea-poppies and ragwort were plants of ill-fame, too.

Ragwort is under the command of dame Venus, and cleanses, digests and discusses.

As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for ragwort

Depending on context, synonyms include ragweed, butterweed, benweed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include butterweed, ragweed, benweed, tansy, goldenweed, madwort.

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