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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