English noun: ground cover |
1. | ground cover (plant) low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |
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| Synonyms | groundcover |
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| Broader (hypernym) | botany, flora, vegetation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | baby tears, baby's tears, Helxine soleirolia, Hernaria glabra, pearl-weed, pearlweed, pearlwort, rupturewort, Soleirolia soleirolii, whitlowwort |
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2. | ground cover (plant) small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor |
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| Synonyms | groundcover |
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| Broader (hypernym) | underbrush, undergrowth, underwood |
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