Definition of groundsel
: any of various senecios (such as the nearly cosmopolitan European weed Senecio vulgaris)
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Spikes and fibers protrude from the flowering head of a herb groundsel in Havi Sarfaty's second-place image.
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A LUSH, LOW-EFFORT PLAN Under a canopy of tall trees and shrubs, designer Weaner created a leafy carpet of native ground covers, like groundsel, Canada anemone and heuchera.
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Origin and Etymology of groundsel
Middle English groundeswele, from Old English grundeswelge, from grund ground + swelgan to swallow — more at swallow
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First Known Use: before 12th century
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