groundsel
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Other evergreen choices include Christmas ferns, wood ferns (semi-evergreen), moss, golden groundsel (yellow spring flowers about 1-inch tall). — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "Garden Q&A: Try these native groundcovers that will keep the deer away," 26 Apr. 2018 Spikes and fibers protrude from the flowering head of a herb groundsel in Havi Sarfaty's second-place image. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "Revel in the Big Details of Tiny Things With These Prize-Winning Images," 4 Oct. 2017 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. — Martha Stewart, star-telegram, "Gardener learns to work with Mother Nature, instead of against her," 12 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'groundsel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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