Lexic.us

Definition of Senecio jacobaea

1. Noun. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Senecio Jacobaea

Literary usage of Senecio jacobaea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Education by Nova Scotia Dept. of Education (1908)
"Christina Smith, Brack's Brook: "Senecio jacobaea does not grow in this ... Nellie P. Fulton, Green's Creek: "Senecio jacobaea is not found in this section. ..."

2. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The drug has not been subject to any careful investigation, but it may contain principles similar to those found in Senecio jacobaea (see Allied Plants). ..."

3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Occurs sparingly as an imago. I have not worked for the larva. Senecio jacobaea. E. oblongata.—One specimen only, bred in 1911 from a larva on E. ..."

4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The drug has not been subject to any careful investigation, but it may contain principles similar to those found in Senecio jacobaea (see Allied Plants). ..."

5. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The drug has not been subject to any careful investigation, hut it may contain principles similar to those found in Senecio jacobaea (see Allied Plants). ..."

6. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1849)
"A few composite plants remain in bloom, especially Senecio jacobaea (Hooker, "July, Aug." Babington, "7 to 9") and Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Hooker, ..."

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