GROUNDSEL


Meaning of GROUNDSEL in English

n. any composite plant of the genus Senecio, esp. S. vulgaris, used as a food for cage-birds.

[ OE grundeswylige, gund‘swelgi‘ (perh. = pus-absorber f. gund pus, with ref. to use for poultices) ]

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