Definition of senecio Senecio
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What does senecio mean?
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| senecio - enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds | ||
| genus Senecio | ||
| asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia | ||
| nodding groundsel, senecio bigelovii plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States | ||
| cineraria maritima, senecio cineraria, dusty miller herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant | ||
| senecio doublasii, threadleaf groundsel bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock | ||
| senecio glabellus, butterweed, ragwort any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio | ||
| benweed, senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort, ragweed, ragwort any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- senecio (n.)
A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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senecio
sē-nē′si-o, n. a genus of composite plants—ragwort, &c.—adj. Senē′cioid
