senecio : Idioms & Phrases


genus senecio

  • noun enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds
    Senecio.
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senecio aureus

  • noun weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive; sometimes placed in genus Senecio
    Packera aurea; golden groundsel; golden ragwort.
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senecio bigelovii

  • noun plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States
    nodding groundsel.
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senecio cineraria

  • noun stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves
    dusty miller; Cineraria maritima.
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senecio cruentus

  • noun herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
    cineraria; Pericallis cruenta.
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senecio doublasii

  • noun bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock
    threadleaf groundsel.
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senecio glabellus

  • noun American ragwort with yellow flowers
    ragwort; butterweed.
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senecio jacobaea

  • noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
    ragwort; benweed; ragweed; tansy ragwort.
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senecio milkanioides

  • noun South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage; sometimes placed in genus Senecio
    Delairea odorata; German ivy.
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senecio triangularis

  • noun perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist places in mountains of western North America
    arrowleaf groundsel.
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senecio vulgaris

  • noun Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers
    groundsel.
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