Ragwort Definition

răgwûrt, -wôrt
noun

Groundsel.

Webster's New World
Any of various plants in the composite family, chiefly of the genera Senecio and Packera, having yellow flower heads. S. jacobaea, a European species poisonous to livestock, is widely naturalized in North America and elsewhere.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Ragwort

Noun

Singular:
ragwort
Plural:
ragworts

Origin of Ragwort

  • From the ragged shape of its leaves

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From rag +"Ž wort.

    From Wiktionary

Ragwort Sentence Examples

  • Look out for wild carrot, white clover, weld, ragwort, thistle and black knapweed.

  • Often to be seen at the right time of year is the caterpillar of the cinnabar moth feeding on the ragwort.

  • Every group needs a comedian who can keep the fun going during a dull day of scrub-bashing or pulling ragwort.

  • Don't eat the ragwort, it makes you sick.

  • English Nature routinely removes ragwort from parts of National Nature Reserves we manage where the welfare of grazing animals would be at risk.

More Sentences

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to ragwort using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

RRARAG

Words Ending With

TRTORT

Unscrambles

ragwort

Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RA & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With RT

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With T