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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

groundsel , any plant of the very large genus Senecio, widely distributed herbs and (in the tropics) shrubs or trees of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). Many grow as vines. Most North American species have small, yellow, daisylike flowers; they are especially abundant in the plains region. Some species of the genus are better known as ragworts. The golden ragwort, or squawweed ( S. aureus ), was used as an emmenagogue and a vulnerary by Native Americans and settlers. Other species have also been used medicinally. A few have been found to be poisonous to livestock, although others are useful for grazing. The common groundsel ( S. vulgaris ), naturalized from Europe, is one of the species that is sometimes cultivated. The fruits of groundsels usually have a conspicuous white down (pappus), a characteristic shared by Baccharis halmifolia, the groundsel tree, which is a related shrub of the E United States. Groundsel is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.

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groundsel

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

groundsel plant of the genus Senecio. OE. grundeswyliġe, earlier gundæswelġ(i)æ, perh. f. gund pus + *swulʒ- *swelʒ- SWALLOW2, the etymol. meaning being ‘pus-absorber’, with ref. to its use in poultices to reduce abscesses; on this view, the later OE. form in grund- is due to assoc. with GROUND.

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groundsel

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

groundsel (Senecio) See COMPOSITAE.

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groundsel

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

groundsel •hassle, Kassel, passel, tassel, vassal •axel, axle •cancel, hansel, Hänsel, Mansell •transaxle •castle, metatarsal, parcel, tarsal •chancel • sandcastle • Newcastle •Bessel, nestle, pestle, redressal, trestle, vessel, wrestle •Edsel • Texel •intercensal, pencil, stencil •pretzel • staysail • mainsail • Wiesel •abyssal, bristle, epistle, gristle, missal, scissel, thistle, whistle •pixel • plimsoll •tinsel, windsail •schnitzel, spritsail •Birtwistle •paradisal, sisal, trysail •apostle, colossal, dossal, fossil, glossal, jostle, throstle •consul, proconsul, tonsil •dorsal, morsel •council, counsel, groundsel •Mosul • fo'c's'le, forecastle •bustle, hustle, muscle, mussel, Russell, rustle, tussle •gunsel • corpuscle •disbursal, dispersal, Purcell, rehearsal, reversal, succursal, tercel, transversal, traversal, universal •Herzl

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