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Groundsel

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Groundsel has 1 sense

groundsel(n = noun.plant) senecio vulgaris - Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers; Array

is a member of genus senecio, senecio

is a kind of weed

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Groundsel, n. [OE. grundswilie, AS. grundeswylige, grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the eye. See Swallow, v.].

An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.

Groundsel, n. [Ground + sill.].

See Ground plate (a), under Ground [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Groundsel, n. any composite plant of the genus Senecio, esp. S. vulgaris, used as a food for cage-birds.

Etymology

OE grundeswylige, gund{aelig}swelgi{aelig} (perh. = pus-absorber f. gund pus, with ref. to use for poultices)

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