Definition of Senecio jacobaea

1. Noun. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity.

Exact synonyms: Benweed, Ragweed, Ragwort, Tansy Ragwort
Group relationships: Genus Senecio, Senecio
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Senecio Jacobaea

Sendai virus
Sendero Luminoso
Senderowitz
Senear-Usher disease
Senear-Usher syndrome
Seneca
Seneca snakeroot
Senecan
Senecas
Senecio aureus
Senecio bigelovii
Senecio cineraria
Senecio cruentus
Senecio doublasii
Senecio glabellus
Senecio jacobaea (current term)
Senecio milkanioides
Senecio triangularis
Senecio vulgaris
Senefelder
Senegal
Senegalese
Senegalese franc
Senegambia
Senegambian
Seneka snakeroot
Senga
Sengas
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
Senhor

Literary usage of Senecio jacobaea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Education by Nova Scotia Dept. of Education (1908)
"Christina Smith, Brack's Brook: "Senecio jacobaea does not grow in this ... Nellie P. Fulton, Green's Creek: "Senecio jacobaea is not found in this section. ..."

2. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The drug has not been subject to any careful investigation, but it may contain principles similar to those found in Senecio jacobaea (see Allied Plants). ..."

3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Occurs sparingly as an imago. I have not worked for the larva. Senecio jacobaea. E. oblongata.—One specimen only, bred in 1911 from a larva on E. ..."

4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The drug has not been subject to any careful investigation, but it may contain principles similar to those found in Senecio jacobaea (see Allied Plants). ..."

5. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The drug has not been subject to any careful investigation, hut it may contain principles similar to those found in Senecio jacobaea (see Allied Plants). ..."

6. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1849)
"A few composite plants remain in bloom, especially Senecio jacobaea (Hooker, "July, Aug." Babington, "7 to 9") and Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Hooker, ..."

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