ground pine
n.
1. Any of various club mosses that resemble miniature evergreen trees. Also called ground cedar.
2. A low-growing annual plant, Ajuga chamaepitys, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having yellow flowers and narrow leaves with a resinous smell.
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ground pine
n
1. (Plants) a hairy plant, Ajuga chamaepitys, of Europe and N Africa, having two-lipped yellow flowers marked with red spots: family Lamiaceae (labiates). It smells of pine when crushed. See also bugle2
2. (Plants) any of certain North American club mosses, esp Lycopodium obscurum
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ground′ pine`
n.
1. a species of club moss.
2. a European herb, Ajuga chamaepitys, of the mint family, with a resinous odor.
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| Noun | 1. |  ground pine - any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branchesclub moss, club-moss, lycopod - primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles Lycopodium clavitum, running pine - a variety of club moss foxtail grass, Lycopodium alopecuroides - ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States |
| 2. | ground pine - low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa |
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