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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In forestry, all the small plants growing in a forest, except young trees: such as ferns, mosses, grasses, and weeds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow.
  • noun small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of ground cover.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
  • noun small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
  • noun small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
  • noun low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow

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