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groundsel (ground`səl), any plant of the very large genus Senecio, widely distributed herbs and (in the tropics) shrubs or trees of the family Asteraceae (aster aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information. family). Many grow as vines. Most North American species have small, yellow, daisylike flowers; they are especially abundant in the plains region. Some species of the genus are better known as ragworts. The golden ragwort, or squawweed (S. aureus), was used as an emmenagogue and a vulnerary by Native Americans and settlers. Other species have also been used medicinally. A few have been found to be poisonous to livestock, although others are useful for grazing. The common groundsel (S. vulgaris), naturalized from Europe, is one of the species that is sometimes cultivated. The fruits of groundsels usually have a conspicuous white down (pappus), a characteristic shared by Baccharis halmifolia, the groundsel tree, which is a related shrub of the E United States. Groundsel is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.

groundsel

1. any of certain plants of the genus Senecio, esp S. vulgaris, a Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. groundsel tree a shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, of E North America, with white plumelike fruits: family Asteraceae

groundsill, ground beam, ground plate, mudsill, sole plate

In a framed structure, the sill which is nearest the ground or on the ground; used to distribute concentrated loads.

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No references found	Some groundsel was strewed on a table which stood immediately under the cage. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context There was fresh groundsel, too, for Miss Maylie's birds, with which Oliver, who had been studying the subject under the able tuition of the village clerk, would decorate the cages, in the most approved taste. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context There was always a superfluity of broad beans--it took nine or ten of Adam's strides to get to the end of the uncut grass walk that ran by the side of them; and as for other vegetables, there was so much more room than was necessary for them that in the rotation of crops a large flourishing bed of groundsel was of yearly occurrence on one spot or other. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context	grounded-gate amplifier grounded-grid amplifier grounded-grid-triode circuit grounded-grid-triode mixer grounded-plate amplifier groundhog Groundhog Day grounding grounding conductor grounding electrode grounding electrode conductor grounding outlet grounding plate grounding plug grounding reactor grounding receptacle Grounding Switch grounding system grounding transformer grounding-type plug groundman groundmass groundnut groundplasm groundscatter propagation groundsel groundsheet groundsill groundsman groundswell Groundwater groundwater decrement groundwater depletion curve Groundwater Discharge groundwater flow groundwater hydrology groundwater increment groundwater level groundwater recession groundwater recharge groundwater replenishment groundwater surface groundwater table groundwood pulp groundwork Group Group 3 Group 4 group A kits group B kits group bus	groundnut oil groundnut poisoning groundnut poisoning groundnut poisoning Groundnut Ringspot Virus Groundnut Rosette Assistor Virus groundnut vine Groundnuts Groundnuts Groundnuts groundout groundouts groundplasm grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds for grounds for complaint Grounds for Dessert Coffeehouse Grounds for emancipation Grounds for Non-Acceptance Grounds for Sculpture grounds out grounds out grounds out grounds out groundscatter propagation groundsel groundsel bush groundsel bush groundsel tree groundsels groundsels groundsels groundsheet groundsheet groundsheet groundsheets groundsheets groundside groundsill groundsill groundsill groundskeeper groundskeeper groundskeepers groundskeeping groundsman groundsman groundsmen groundsmen groundspeed groundspeed Groundstaff Aviation Technics and Administration Groundstroke groundswell groundswell groundswells

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Some groundsel was strewed on a table which stood immediately under the cage.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

There was fresh groundsel, too, for Miss Maylie's birds, with which Oliver, who had been studying the subject under the able tuition of the village clerk, would decorate the cages, in the most approved taste.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

There was always a superfluity of broad beans--it took nine or ten of Adam's strides to get to the end of the uncut grass walk that ran by the side of them; and as for other vegetables, there was so much more room than was necessary for them that in the rotation of crops a large flourishing bed of groundsel was of yearly occurrence on one spot or other.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

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