Butterweed (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
American ragwort with yellow flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Butterweed grew in the abandoned fields and roadsides throughout the southern United States.
- In late spring, the tall stems of butterweed rose above the grasses and weeds in the prairie.
- Butterweed with its clusters of bright yellow flowers added a splash of color to the early spring landscape.
- A profusion of butterweed blanketed the dry slope in a warm yellow haze during April and May.
- Children picking wildflowers in the fields often confused butterweed with the smaller black-eyed Susans.