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ground cover
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ground cover
a. dense low herbaceous plants and shrubs that grow over the surface of the ground, esp, in a forest, preventing soil erosion or, in a garden, stifling weeds
b. (as modifier): ground-cover plants

ground cover [′grau̇nd ‚kəv·ər]
(botany)
Prostrate or low plants that cover the ground instead of grass.
(forestry)
All forest plants except trees.


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