groundsel
/ground-suhl/US // ˈgraʊnd səl //UK // (ˈɡraʊnsəl) //
羚羊皮,羚羊,羚羊肉,羚羊皮纸
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any composite plant of the genus Senecio, especially S. vulgaris, a common weed having clusters of small yellow disk flowers without rays.
Examples
Besides the groundsel and the chick-weed, he has small pieces of turf for sale, of which larks are very fond.
So it is, nevertheless, as lightly regarded by Nature or by man in its native home as groundsel is by us.
It feeds on dock, chickweed, groundsel, and other low plants.
And every morning I cleaned the cage out nicely, and put fresh sand and water, and seed, and groundsel.
Every year thousands of ragweed and groundsel seeds must be blown on to the shale-heap, but they never manage to grow there.
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