Groundcover

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  groundcover \ground"cov`er\, ground cover \ground" cov`er\n.
     1. low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep
        slope where turf is difficult to grow.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. small plants other than saplings growing on a forest


        floor.
  
     Syn: ground cover, undergrowth.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  groundcover
       n 1: low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope
            where turf is difficult to grow [syn: {ground cover}]
       2: small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
          [syn: {ground cover}]