"ragwort" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹæɡwəːt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ragwort.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ragworts [plural]
Etymology: From rag (“referring to the ragged leaves”) + wort. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rag|wort|t1=referring to the ragged leaves}} rag (“referring to the ragged leaves”) + wort Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ragwort (countable and uncountable, plural ragworts)
  1. Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Senecioneae tribe plants Translations (plant of the genus Senecio): لُبَيْنَة (lubayna) [feminine] (Arabic), спореж якобов (sporež jakobov) [masculine] (Bulgarian), senecio (Esperanto), villakko (Finnish), séneçon [masculine] (French), cálsamo [masculine] (Galician), Kreuzkraut (German), кресто́вник (krestóvnik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ragwort-en-noun-EcqTDAw3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Derived forms: broad-leaved ragwort, Chinese ragwort (taxonomic: Sinacalia tangutica), common ragwort (taxonomic: Jacobaea vulgaris), Flaggstaff ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio actinella), golden ragwort (taxonomic: Packera aurea), marsh ragwort (taxonomic: Jacobaea aquatica), Mojave ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio mohavensis), Mono ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio pattersonensis), Monro's ragwort (taxonomic: Brachyglottis monroi), Musinea ragwort (taxonomic: Packera musiniensis), narrow-leaved ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio inaequidens), nodding ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio bigelovii), Oxford ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio squalidus), pink ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio glastifolius), Podunk ragwort (taxonomic: Packera malmstenii), purple ragwort, redpurple ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio elegans), sea ragwort (taxonomic: Jacobaea maritima), South African ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio inaequidens), tansy ragwort (taxonomic: Jacobaea vulgaris), water ragwort (taxonomic: Jacobaea aquatica), woad-leaved ragwort (taxonomic: Senecio glastifolius), woolly ragwort (alt: S. littoralis) (taxonomic: Senecio garlandii)

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