Senecio

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
     ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({Hedera helix}), common in
     Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and
     mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the
     berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees
     by rootlike fibers.
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           Direct
           The clasping ivy where to climb.         --Milton.
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           Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere.   --Milton.
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     {American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}.
  
     {English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy
        proper ({Hedera helix}).
  
     {German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
        stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
        {Senecio} ({Senecio scandens}).
  
     {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}).
  
     {Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}.
        
  
     {Ivy owl} (Zool.), the barn owl.
  
     {Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.
  
     {Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis
        tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper.
        
  
     {Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus
        Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and
        greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the
        touch for most persons.
  
     {To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one
        can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     {West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus
        {Marcgravia}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Senecio
       n : enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs
           and vines and herbs including many weeds [syn: {genus
           Senecio}]