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Definition of 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
Definition of Senecio
1. n. A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
Definition of Senecio
1. a flowering plant [n -CIOS]
Medical Definition of Senecio
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Senecio
Literary usage of 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 ... One of
these appeared to be intermediate in general aspect between senecio aureus L. ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1898)
"Several species of the genus senecio which have been specially investigated are
as follows: ... senecio paludosus: Alkaloids in still greater quantity. ..."
3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1810)
"[ 2515 ] senecio lividus. Green-scaled Groundsel. ... as in perhaps every other
senecio ; so that it in some measure wanders from the generic character. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... senecio, and senecio was the friend of the younger Pliny; it is far from
unlikely, therefore, that the biographer was acquainted with the greatest of ..."
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