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senecio|sɛˈniːʃɪəʊ, -sɪəʊ, -ˈɛkɪəʊ|
[L. senecio old man, groundsel, in reference to the hairy pappus of the plant: adopted by Linnæus (Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 406) as the name of a genus: cf. sencion.]
An annual or perennial herb or shrub of the large genus so called, which belongs to the family Compositæ and includes many cultivated plants and a few poisonous ones. Cf. groundsel n.1 1, Jacobæa 1, ragwort1 1.
1562,1657[see groundsel n.1 1]. 1784J. Abercrombie Propagation & Botanical Arrangement Plants & Trees II. 678 (heading) Senecio longifolius. Long-leaved Cape Senecio. 1859D. Bunce Travels with Dr. Leichhardt ix. 105, I obtained specimens of..a..new species of Stackhousia, and a yellow, flowering Senecio. 1896E. J. Von Dadelszen N.Z. Year-Bk. 470 There are several kinds of ranunculus, and a bewildering variety of celmesias..and senecios also flourish. 1902L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. IV. 1656/1 A distinguishing mark of the Senecios lies in the character of the involucre. 1920Lancet 23 Oct. 848/2 Senecio disease, or cirrhosis of the liver due to senecio poisoning... We have called the condition about to be described ‘senecio disease’ for want of a more appropriate name. 1954New Biol. XVII. 14 The unique African alpine flora of giant Senecios (members of the same genus as common groundsel). 1975P. Lively Going Back i. 4, I came out..past the buddleias and senecios past the iris garden hedge. |