Definitions for ragwort

ragwort rag·wort

Spelling: [rag-wurt, -wawrt]
IPA: /ˈrægˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/

Ragwort is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in ragwort (agorrtw).

Definitions for ragwort

noun

  1. any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.

Origin of ragwort

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at rag1, wort2

Examples for ragwort

The moth flies in July and August, and is partial to sugar and to the flowers of heather and ragwort.

Just before I got to the hills a field of ragwort (senesio jacobœa) buried the cows.

Our kinds have many common names, such as Groundsel, ragwort, and Squaw-weed.

The senecio (ragwort), a species with finely cut leaves (S. millefolium), was first seen on Missionary Ridge.

At night it will visit flowers, especially those of the ragwort.

They sat down on the sour stony land among the ragwort and teazles and feverfew.

Yellow-stick, the ragwort or ragweed, which grows to a great size in Ireland.

Senecio Jacobaea, ragwort, is a showy plant with heads of bright yellow flowers, common in pastures and by roadsides.

But no horsie answered to the appeal, and the ragwort remained the simple herb it was before.

The stems of the ragwort are sometimes white and woolly, and they are covered all over with deep ridges.

Word Value for ragwort
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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