SENECIO

Senecio, genus Senecio

(noun) enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

senecio (plural senecios)

(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Senecio.

Source: Wiktionary


Se*ne"ci*o, n. Etym: [L., groundsel, lit., an old man. So called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.] (Bot.)

Definition: A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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