| NOUN | plant | ground cover, groundcover | low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | ground cover, groundcover | small plants other than saplings growing on a forest / forest floor |
| Meaning | low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | groundcover | |
| Narrower | baby's tears, baby tears, Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii | prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves |
| pearlwort, pearlweed, pearl-weed | Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | |
| rupturewort, Hernaria glabra | Common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover | |
| whitlowwort | Any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves | |
| Broader | vegetation, flora, botany | All the plant life in a particular region or period |
| Meaning | small plants other than saplings growing on a forest / forest floor. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | groundcover | |
| Broader | underbrush, undergrowth, underwood | The brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest / forest |
| Spanish | algaida, maleza | |
| Catalan | brolla, brossa, garriga | |
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