BUTTERWEED

butterweed

(noun) any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio

butterweed, ragwort, Senecio glabellus

(noun) American ragwort with yellow flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

butterweed (plural butterweeds)

Any of various herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Conyza.

Source: Wiktionary


But"ter*weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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