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Webster 1913 Edition

(-wēdˊ)

Noun.

(Bot.)

(a)

A plant of the genus

Hieracium

; – so called from the ancient belief that birds of prey used its juice to strengthen their vision.

(b)

A plant of the genus

Senecio

(

Senecio hieracifolius

Loudon.

Noun.

The vulgar name of several species of plants,of the genera, Hieracium, Crepis, Hyoseris, and Andryala.