单词 | groundcover |
释义 | groundcover (once / 2954828 pages) n WORD FAMILY groundcover USAGE EXAMPLES“What are the most visually dominant species? Perhaps the phlox, geranium and carex, and as a groundcover the sedum.” Washington Post(May 05, 2015) Surface mining destroys forests and groundcover, leading to flooding and soil erosion. Scientific American(Feb 17, 2015) Water is so precious here in California that it should not be living turf or groundcover. New York Times(Jun 19, 2013) 1n low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow Syn|Hypo|Hyper ground cover Hernaria glabra, rupturewort common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures whitlowwortany 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) pearl-weed, pearlweed, pearlwortany of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii, baby tears, baby's tearsprostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves botany, flora, vegetation all the plant life in a particular region or period 2n small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor Syn|Hyper ground cover underbrush, undergrowth, underwood the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest |
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