senecio aureus

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senecio aureus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ragwort \Rag"wort`\ (r[a^]g"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
     A name given to several species of the composite genus
     Senecio.
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     Note: Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United
           States; Senecio elegans is the purple ragwort of
           South Africa.
           [1913 Webster]

senecio aureus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Senecio aureus
      n 1: weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having
           golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive;
           sometimes placed in genus Senecio [syn: golden groundsel,
           golden ragwort, Packera aurea, Senecio aureus]