ragwort
nounUK /ˈɹæɡwəːt/
Etymology From rag (referring to the ragged leaves) + wort.
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Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
- Ragwort is under the command of dame Venus, and cleanses, digests and discusses.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 237:
- Sea-poppies and ragwort were plants of ill-fame, too.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 157:
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- As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267:
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balsam ragwort, broad-leaved ragwort, Chinese ragwort, common ragwort, Flagstaff ragwort, golden ragwort, marsh ragwort, Mojave ragwort, Mono ragwort, Monro's ragwort, Musinea ragwort, narrow-leaved ragwort, nodding ragwort, Oxford ragwort, pink ragwort, Podunk ragwort, purple ragwort, redpurple ragwort, sea ragwort, South African ragwort, tansy ragwort, water ragwort, willow ragwort, woad-leaved ragwort, woolly ragwort- Related terms
- ragweed, dog standard, mare's fart, St. James Wort