ground·sel 1 (ground s l, groun-)n. Any of various plants of the genus Senecio, having rayed, usually yellow flower heads. [Middle English groundeswille, from Old English grundeswylige, alteration (influenced by grund, ground) of gundeswilge : gund, pus + swelgan, to swallow (from its use in reducing abscesses); see swel- in Indo-European roots.] |
| ground·sel 2 (groundsl, groun-) n. Variant of groundsill. |
groundsel [ˈgraʊnsəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of certain plants of the genus Senecio, esp S. vulgaris, a Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) See also ragwort
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
groundsel tree a shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, of E North America, with white plumelike fruits: family Asteraceae
[Old English grundeswelge, changed from gundeswilge, from gund pus + swelgan to swallow; after its use in poultices on abscesses]
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| Noun | 1. |  groundsel - Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowersgenus Senecio, Senecio - enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
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