groundsel

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English grundeswülie, from Old English grundeswyliġe, grundeswelġe (“groundsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹaʊnd.səl/, /ˈɡɹaʊn.səl/

Alternative forms

• grunsel

Noun

groundsel (countable and uncountable, plural groundsels)

1. Any of several widely-distributed plants, of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers.

Translations

Senecio

• Bulgarian: спореж m (sporež), кръстец m (krǎstec)
• Finnish: villakko (fi)
• French: séneçon (fr) m
• Galician: cascabel (gl) m, cálsamo m
• German: Kreuzkraut m, Greiskraut m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἠριγέρων m (ērigérōn), ἀκανθίς f (akanthís)

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• Hebrew: סַבְיוֹן (he) m (savyón)
• Italian: senecione m
• Maori: hāka
• Occitan: saniçon m, seniçon m, sirincon m

Etymology 2

Variant of groundsill, equivalent to ground +‎ sill.

Noun

groundsel (plural groundsels)

1. Alternative form of groundsill