groundcover

Definitions of groundcover

1. noun

   low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
   synonyms: ground cover

   types:

   Hernaria glabra, rupturewort

   common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures

   whitlowwort

   any 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, pearlwort

   any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls

   Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii, baby tears, baby's tears

   prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves

   type of:

   botany, flora, vegetation

   all the plant life in a particular region or period
2. noun

   small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
   synonyms: ground cover

   type of:

   underbrush, undergrowth, underwood

   the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest