Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ragwort.

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  • noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity

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Examples

  • I judge this must have been the buchailin buidhe or benweed, which the faeries bewitch and ride the same as a witch mounts her broomstick.

    The Primrose Ring Ruth Sawyer 1925

  • "Bentlam, known also to the trade by such nicknames as" benny, "" benweed, "" happy-sleep, "and others, is a shredded, moistly fibrous material of about the same consistency and texture as fine-cut chewing tobacco.

    Gray Lensman Smith, E. E. 1950

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