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Definition of Benweed
1. Noun. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity.
Group relationships: Genus Senecio, Senecio
Generic synonyms: Weed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benweed
Literary usage of Benweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the by Philological Society (Great Britain), Philological Society (Great Britain (1861)
"... woodbine, H. benweed, ragwort, J. kick at the benweed, headstrong, J. benzamide,
W. benzile, ..."
2. Ringan Gilhaize; Or, The Covenanters by John Galt (1823)
"... the sun's down—the blessed light o' day is ayont the hill, and it's no safe
to be subjek to the whisking o' the mildew frae the tails o' the benweed ..."
3. The British Critic (1824)
"but a wayward, reckless changeling, " made by the fairies out of a benweed that
the very kine have mair sense than to taste;" weak on every point save the ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Inward ; towards the interior of a house. /to-/'W/yir. V. ВЕН. benweed, ». Ragwort. ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1877)
"... where the brown owl hooted all night long, and the forgotten dead slept around
the walls, under dense, malted tangles of brambles and benweed. ..."
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