Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
groundsill . - noun The Senecio vulgaris, an annual European weed belonging to the Compositœ, adventitious in the northeastern United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An annual composite plant (
Senecio vulgaris ), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe. - noun See Ground plate (a), under
ground
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several widely-distributed
plants , of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers. - noun Alternative spelling of
groundsill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers
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Examples
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BRACHYLOENUS D. C., a kind of groundsel; MORGANIA FLORIBUNDA, loaded with purple blossoms, and a variety of HELICHRYSUM
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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As opposed to the theory that there is any absolute need for cross-fertilisation, it has been urged by Mr. Henslow and others that many self-fertilised plants are exceptionally vigorous, such as groundsel, chickweed, sow-thistle, buttercups, and other common weeds; while most plants of world-wide distribution are self-fertilised, and these have proved themselves to be best fitted to survive in the battle of life.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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BRACHYLOENUS D. C., a kind of groundsel; MORGANIA FLORIBUND., loaded with purple blossoms, and a variety of HELICHRYSUM BRACTEATUM, somewhat different in the leaves from the usual state of the species.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823
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Without IPU we will see weeds such as groundsel and mayweed slipping through the net, and some mopping up in spring may be required.
FWi - All News 2009
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Without IPU we will see weeds such as groundsel and mayweed slipping through the net, and some mopping up in spring may be required.
FWi - All News 2009
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Without IPU we will see weeds such as groundsel and mayweed slipping through the net, and some mopping up in spring may be required.
FWi - All News 2009
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Without IPU we will see weeds such as groundsel and mayweed slipping through the net, and some mopping up in spring may be required.
FWi - All News 2009
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One is no longer woken by the cry of the groundsel sellers.
edouard de pomiane | soups « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Surveying the herbaceous border, Miss Marple clicked her tongue vexedly and pulled up a flourishing plant of groundsel.
Twin Moons 2010
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Two distinct forms of giant groundsel occur on the upper mountain: Senecio johnstonii cottonii, endemic to the mountain and only occurring above 3,600 m, and S. johnstonii johnstonii which occurs between 2,450 m and 4,000 m, and shows two distinct forms.
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