Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ragwort

/ˈɹæɡwəːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: rag-wort
IPA: /ˈɹæɡwəːt/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ragwort is under the command of dame Venus, and cleanses, digests and discusses."
"Sea-poppies and ragwort were plants of ill-fame, too."
"As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland."

Etymology

From rag (referring to the ragged leaves) + wort.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɹæɡwəːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ragworts (plural)

Phrases

balsam ragwort broad-leaved ragwort Chinese ragwort common ragwort Flagstaff ragwort golden ragwort marsh ragwort Mojave ragwort

Frequently Paired Words

ragweed dog standard mare's fart St. James Wort

Synonyms

butterweed senecio glabellus tansy ragwort ragweed benweed senecio jacobaea

Questions

How do you pronounce ragwort?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹæɡwəːt/.
What does ragwort mean?: Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
Where does ragwort come from?: From rag (referring to the ragged leaves) + wort.

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