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Groundsel

//ˈɡɹaʊnd.səl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several widely-distributed plants, of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of groundsill. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grundeswülie, from Old English grundeswyliġe, grundeswelġe (“groundsel”), from grunde (“ground, bottom, abyss”) + swelge (“to swallow, to eat up”).

Etymology 2

Variant of groundsill, equivalent to ground + sill.

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