Definitions for groundsel

groundsel ground·sel

Spelling: [ground-suh l]
IPA: /ˈgraʊnd səl/

Groundsel is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 605 anagrams from letters in groundsel (deglnorsu).

Definitions for groundsel

noun

  1. any composite plant of the genus Senecio, especially S. vulgaris, a common weed having clusters of small yellow disk flowers without rays.
  2. groundsill.

Origin of groundsel

before 900; Middle English grundeswili(e), groundeswel, Old English grundeswelge, gundeswelge; compare Old English gund pus, swelgan to swallow, absorb (from its use in medicine); the -r- is

Examples for groundsel

It feeds on dock, chickweed, groundsel, and other low plants.

Our kinds have many common names, such as groundsel, Ragwort, and Squaw-weed.

The groundsel speaks not save what it heard 50 at the hinges.

I venture to conjecture, therefore, that groundsel has been embarked for a shorter time upon its downward course.

groundsel helps the Cholick, and pains and gripings in the belly.

The poppies blazed their brightest red; the patches of groundsel shone golden in the sun.

A tuft of groundsel had rooted itself close beside the traction rails a few paces from the waterside.

The groundsel tree has been cultivated in British gardens since 1683.

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

I dont want to be groundsel, I dont want to be pecked at, and I dont want to become your canary.

Word Value for groundsel
Scrable

0

Words with friends

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