ground cover

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noun

1. low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
• Syn:
groundcover
• Hypernyms:
vegetation, flora, botany
• Hyponyms:
rupturewort, Hernaria glabra, whitlowwort, pearlwort, pearlweed,
pearl-weed, baby's tears, baby tears, Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii
2. small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
• Syn:
groundcover
• Hypernyms:
underbrush, undergrowth, underwood