groundsel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers
    Senecio vulgaris.

WordNet

Ground"sel noun
Etymology
OE. grundswilie, AS. gpundeswylige, grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the eye. See Swallow, v.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris) one of the most common, and widely distributed weeds on the globe.
Ground"sel noun
Etymology
Ground + sill.
Definitions
  1. See Ground

Webster 1913