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senecio

British  
/ sɪˈniːʃɪəʊ /

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Senecio , including groundsels, ragworts, and cineraria: family Asteraceae (composites)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She added plants to the menu and began selling greenery alongside her staples: Senecio with sushi, prayer plants with pumpkin mochi cookies, calathea with her famous mint lemonade.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Also appealing and true to its common name, but for brighter light: string of pearls, Senecio rowleyanus, a South African species with succulent pea-sized and -shaped leaves that cascade over a pot edge.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

String of Pearls, formerly known as Senecio rowleyanus, is a popular trailing plant with pea-shaped leaves.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2020

But for one species, a silvery leafed shrub called Senecio nivalis, Bonpland had clearly recorded a maximum altitude of 4860 meters, right where Antisana's permanent snow began.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 11, 2019

At 6,500 feet Smilax ruscoides, Senecio scandens, Lilium giganteum. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

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