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groundsel

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. groundsel (noun)
  2. groundsel bush (noun)
  3. fen groundsel (noun)
  4. velvet groundsel (noun)
  5. wood groundsel (noun)
  6. marsh fleabane (noun)

ground·sel

noun \ˈgrau̇n(d)-səl\

Definition of GROUNDSEL

: any of various senecios (as the nearly cosmopolitan European weed Senecio vulgaris)

Origin of GROUNDSEL

Middle English groundeswele, from Old English grundeswelge, from grund ground + swelgan to swallow — more at swallow
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with GROUNDSEL

council, counsel

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