ground cedar

noun

1. a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ground cedar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

The hills around Salamis are barren, too, covered only with a gray weed like the sage-brush of Nevada, and stunted groves of scrubby pine and ground cedar—referred to by Lykabettos as "ze forest."

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of the ground cedar and berry bushes, wild grass grew in rank profusion.

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