groundsel
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- noun
- /ˈɡraʊndˌsɛl/
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groundsel
- He leaped the groundsel stone in the instant before the heavy household door swung shut at his back and slammed him into glaring impossibility.
- yellow groundsel
Examples
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Groundsel.
Fiction book (1993) -
In April, she brought the bees back to her place where they could forage on the groundsel bush to stop them starving.
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Even taller are the shrubby marsh elders and groundsel bushes.
Academic text (1998) -
Through this network, the Frederick lab recently acquired four good candidate pathogens: two on Russian thistle, one on Russian knapweed, and another on common groundsel.
Academic text (2000) -
Common hackberry, groundsel tree, red maple, southern wax myrtle, and sweetbay are common woody plants.
Academic text (2010) -
Wildflowers that may be visible from the road include Rocky Mountain bluebells, monkshood, golden smoke, New Mexican groundsel, white lousewort, Easter daisy, and the lovely mariposa lily, whose flowers have three large white petals.
Academic text (1998) -
In the garden, the groundsel spread quickly among the flowers.
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The patch of groundsel in the corner of the yard attracted several buzzing bees.
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During our walk, we noticed groundsel flourishing by the side of the road.
Synonyms
A common small weed with yellow flowers that grows in gardens
Compounds
A mountain plant with arrow-shaped leaves and bright yellow flower clusters in wet places
A plant with bent stalks and small yellow flower clusters that grows in wet places in the southwestern United States
- Specialized
A bushy plant with narrow leaves covered in white hairs and yellow flowers that is poisonous to farm animals
Surface Forms
Etymology
Groundsel starts with ground (the 'soil') and ends with the old ending -sel. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a small, low plant that lives on the ground and spreads quickly across the soil.