groundsel (redirected from groundsels)

ground·sel ¹  (groundsl, groun-)

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Senecio, having rayed, usually yellow flower heads.

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[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.]

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groundsel [grounce-el]

Noun

a yellow-flowered weed [Old English grundeswelge]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

groundsel - Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers Senecio vulgaris genus 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