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Senecio 千里光属 千里光属 Senecio n 1: enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds [ synonym: { Senecio}, { genus Senecio}] Senecio \ Se* ne" ci* o\, n. [ L., groundsel, lit., an old man. So called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.] ( Bot.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort. [ 1913 Webster]
Ivy \ I" vy\, n.; pl. { Ivies}. [ AS. [ imac] fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] ( Bot.) A plant of the genus { Hedera} ({ Hedera helix}), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five- pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. [ 1913 Webster] Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { American ivy}. ( Bot.) See { Virginia creeper}. { English ivy} ( Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper ({ Hedera helix}). { German ivy} ( Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light- green leaves; a species of { Senecio} ({ Senecio scandens}). { Ground ivy}. ( Bot.) Gill ({ Nepeta Glechoma}). { Ivy bush}. ( Bot.) See { Mountain laurel}, under { Mountain}. { Ivy owl} ( Zool.), the barn owl. { Ivy tod} ( Bot.), the ivy plant. -- Tennyson. { Japanese ivy} ( Bot.), a climbing plant ({ Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper. { Poison ivy} ( Bot.), an American woody creeper ({ Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish- white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. { To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one' s self as best one can. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. { West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus { Marcgravia}. [ 1913 Webster]
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