BUTTERWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butterweed mean? 

• BUTTERWEED (noun)
  The noun BUTTERWEED has 2 senses:

1. American ragwort with yellow flowers

2. any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio

  Familiarity information: BUTTERWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American ragwort with yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterweed; ragwort; Senecio glabellus

Hypernyms ("butterweed" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("butterweed" is a member of...):

genus Senecio; Senecio (enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("butterweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("butterweed" is a member of...):

genus Packera; Packera (genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; sometimes included in genus Senecio)