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Definition of Ground pine

1. Noun. Any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches.

2. Noun. Low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Pine

ground itch ground itch anaemia ground ivy ground lamella ground laurel ground level ground loop ground mobile force ground mobile forces ground noise

ground offensive ground out ground pangolin ground pangolins ground pine (current term) ground pink ground plan ground pounder ground proximity warning system ground proximity warning systems

ground rattler ground rent ground roller ground rose ground rule ground rules ground shark ground sharks ground sloth

Literary usage of Ground pine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"The herb Ive; Ive arthritique, Field cypress, herb Ive, Ground-Pine, Forget- me-not.' Now Field-cypress and Ground-pine are both names for Ajuga ..."

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