ground cover

ground cover

noun

: a low plant or group of plants used in a garden to cover the ground

Full Definition of GROUND COVER

1

:  the small plants on a forest floor except young trees

2

a :  a planting of low plants (as ivy) that covers the ground in place of turf

b :  a plant adapted for use as ground cover

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First Known Use of GROUND COVER

1900

Rhymes with GROUND COVER

bedcover, break cover, discover, dustcover, gill cover, hardcover, re-cover, recover, slipcover, softcover, uncover, windhover