Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Senecio"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Senecio \Se*ne"ci*o\, n. [L., groundsel, lit., an old man. So
called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.]
(Bot.)
A very large genus of composite plants including the
groundsel and the golden ragwort.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Senecio
n : enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs
and vines and herbs including many weeds [syn: {Senecio},
{genus Senecio}]
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