ground cover
English Thesaurus
1. small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | underbrush, undergrowth, underwood, |
| definition | : | the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest (noun.group) |
2. low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | botany, flora, vegetation, |
| definition | : | all the plant life in a particular region or period (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | hernaria glabra, rupturewort, |
| definition | : | common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | whitlowwort, |
| definition | : | any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pearl-weed, pearlweed, pearlwort, |
| definition | : | any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls (noun.plant) |
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