different between senecio vs groundsel

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

senecio (plural senecios)

1. (botany) Any of the plants of the genus Senecio.

Related terms

• seneciosis

Latin

Alternative forms

• senaci?, senecti?

Etymology

From senex (“old”) +? -? (“nickname-forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /se?ne.ki.o?/, [s???n?kio?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se?ne.t??i.o/, [s??n??t??i?]

Noun

seneci? m (genitive seneci?nis); third declension

1. an old man
2. groundsel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (old man): senex, senica/seneca, senicus/ senecus, vetulus, veclus (non-standard), pappus/p?pus
• (old man, Medieval Latin): vegl?, vegli?, vegl?nus

Related terms

Descendants

• Spanish: zuzón/suzón (possibly)
• Translingual: Senecio

References

• senecio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• senecio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• senecio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English grundeswülie, from Old English grundeswyli?e, grundeswel?e (“groundsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a?nd.s?l/, /???a?n.s?l/

Alternative forms

• grunsel

Noun

groundsel (plural groundsels)

1. Any of several widely-distributed plants, of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers.

Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of groundsill, equivalent to ground +? sill.

Noun

groundsel (plural groundsels)

1. Alternative form of groundsill