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groundsel
1[ ground-suhl ]
noun
- any composite plant of the genus Senecio, especially S. vulgaris, a common weed having clusters of small yellow disk flowers without rays.
groundsel
2[ ground-suhl ]
noun
groundsel
/ ˈɡraʊnsəl /
noun
- See ragwortany of certain plants of the genus Senecio, esp S. vulgaris, a Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) See also ragwort
- groundsel treegroundsel tree a shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, of E North America, with white plumelike fruits: family Asteraceae
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Example Sentences
Besides the groundsel and the chick-weed, he has small pieces of turf for sale, of which larks are very fond.
So it is, nevertheless, as lightly regarded by Nature or by man in its native home as groundsel is by us.
It feeds on dock, chickweed, groundsel, and other low plants.
And every morning I cleaned the cage out nicely, and put fresh sand and water, and seed, and groundsel.
Every year thousands of ragweed and groundsel seeds must be blown on to the shale-heap, but they never manage to grow there.
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