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English Dictionary: groundsel by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
groundsel
n
  1. Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers [syn: groundsel, Senecio vulgaris]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Groundsel \Ground"sel\, n. [OE. grundswilie, AS. grundeswylige,
      grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan
      to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the
      eye. See {Swallow}, v.] (Bot.)
      An annual composite plant ({Senecio vulgaris}), one of the
      most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Groundsel \Ground"sel\, Groundsill \Ground"sill`\, n. [Ground +
      sill.]
      See {Ground plate}
      (a), under {Ground}
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