Definition of groundsel
: any of various senecios (such as the nearly cosmopolitan European weed Senecio vulgaris)
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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
First Known Use: before 12th century
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