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Senecio

Medical Definition: A species of toxic plants of the Compositae. The poisonous compounds are alkaloids which cause cattle diseases, neoplasms, and liver damage and are used to produce cancers in experimental animals.
Guide Notes: poisonous to livestock
Also Called: Groundsel,Ragwort

Senecio Medical Definitions and Terms

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