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Small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
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groundcover
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
groundcover \ground"cov`er\, ground cover \ground" cov`er\n. low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow. small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor. Syn: ground cover, undergrowth.
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Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows over an area of ground. Groundcover provides protection of the topsoil from erosion and drought . In an ecosystem , the ground cover forms the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer known as the herbaceous ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow [syn: ground cover ] small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor [syn: ground cover ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of ground cover English)
Usage examples of groundcover.
Underbrush was scantier, and trees larger, than near Sybil Brown's cottage, and the mossy groundcover, which had been cheerfully sprinkled with dogwood and saxifrage near the wizard's castle, began more and more to sprout mugwort, lousewort, fly-specked orchia, skunk cabbage, wax flowers and the deceptively demure pink bell-like blossoms of poisonous bog rosemary.
Dewdrops sparkled on the glossy leaves of the gardenias, and a maze garden of carefully trimmed yews and azaleas beckoned to them, but Uhura deliberately kept them out in the open, amid the groundcovers and low-growing flowerbeds, so that Zetha could see they were not being followed.