ragwort
/ˈɹæɡwəːt/noun
ragwort is a noun meaning “Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-G-W-O-R-T, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ragwort is ragworts.
What does ragwort mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ragwort?
- UK /ˈɹæɡwəːt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ragwort.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ragwort
- ragworts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ragwort?
Ragwort appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ragwort in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant of the genus Senecio:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | séneçon |
| German | Kreuzkraut |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ragwort come from?
From rag (referring to the ragged leaves) + wort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).