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ragwort Definition

rag·wort (-wʉrt′)

noun

groundsel

Etymology: see ragweed

ragwort Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pull: Every group needs a comedian who can keep the fun going during a dull day of scrub-bashing or pulling ragwort.
  • eat: Don't eat the Ragwort, it makes you sick.
  • remove: English Nature routinely removes ragwort from parts of National Nature Reserves we manage where the welfare of grazing animals would be at risk.
  • control: What is being done to control Ragwort in the UK?
  • include: Several other lethal plant species, including ragwort and hemlock, will be on display.
  • allow: Under the 1959 Weeds Act, it is an offense to allow ragwort to grow on any land, whether farmland or grass verges.

Preposition: at

stage: Barrier H is applied as a spray directly onto the plants and destroys ragwort at all stages of growth.

Adjective modifier

  • common: Flowers: July onwards, at its best when most Common Ragwort is over.
  • poisonous: His liver damage was most probably caused by eating the poisonous plant ragwort, and our vets gave him very little chance of survival.

Modifies a noun

  • poisoning: How many horses die from Ragwort poisoning in the UK?
  • flower: A single Peacock settled on a yellow Ragwort flower.
  • plant: Surveying route for additional work, removing ragwort plants.
  • growth: Both new and previous year ragwort growth is normally clearly visible by mid-May.
  • control: Ragwort control working quarry sites, Midlands & Central England.
  • rosette: On many sites, ragwort rosettes can also be usefully removed in the autumn.

Noun used with modifier

  • fen: The fen ragwort was one of the first species to be included in English Natureâs Species Recovery Program.
  • year: Both new and previous year ragwort growth is normally clearly visible by mid-May.
  • marsh: In damp patches marsh valerian, devil's-bit scabious, marsh ragwort, water avens, meadowsweet and can be found.

Preposition: in

  • pasture: Also ragwort in pasture has declined from sheep grazing.
  • hay: The presence of ragwort in hay, silage or dried grass is the main source of poisoning.

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