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Definition of Genus senecio
1. Noun. Enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Nodding Groundsel, Senecio Bigelovii, Cineraria Maritima, Dusty Miller, Senecio Cineraria, Senecio Doublasii, Threadleaf Groundsel, Butterweed, Ragwort, Senecio Glabellus, Benweed, Ragweed, Ragwort, Senecio Jacobaea, Tansy Ragwort, Groundsel, Senecio Vulgaris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Senecio
Literary usage of Genus senecio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1908)
"NOTES ON THE genus senecio. JM GREENMAN. DURING the season of 1904 Messrs.
JF Collins, ML Fernald and AS Pease collected in the Province of Quebec several ..."
2. Spicilegium Neilgherrense, Or, a Selection of Neilgherry Plants: Drawn and by Robert Wight (1851)
"This sub-tribe is only remarkable as including the genus Senecio the largest, as
regards the number of its species, in the vegetable kingdom, containing, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Several species which have been described under the genus Senecio, »orne being
of rather recent intro., seem to the writer to be jrc satisfactorily treated ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The genus Senecio ¡sa very large one, widely distributed in temperate and cold
climates. The British species are all herbs, but the genus also includes ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"I have already incidentally given cases which show that this is not so, but lot
us take some group—for instance, the genus Senecio, to which the common ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"I have already incidentally given cases which show that this is not so, but let
us take some group—for instance, the genus Senecio, to which the common ..."
7. Therapeutic Gazette (1898)
"Several species of the genus Senecio which have been specially investigated are
as follows: Senecio vulgaris and S. ..."