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groundcover

DEFINITIONS OF: groundcover

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n low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow

Synonyms:
ground cover
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Hernaria glabra, rupturewort
common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
whitlowwort
any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
pearl-weed, pearlweed, pearlwort
any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii, baby tears, baby's tears
prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves
Type of:
botany, flora, vegetation
all the plant life in a particular region or period

n small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor

Synonyms:
ground cover
Type of:
underbrush, undergrowth, underwood
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
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