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groundcover

/ɡɹˈaʊndkʌvɚ/ noun

Alternative spelling of ground cover.

Word Origin Groundcover is a compound: ground (from Old English grund 'bottom, earth') and cover (from Latin cooperire 'to cover entirely'). It refers to plants that cover the ground. The root cover also gives us discover (uncover, reveal), recover (cover again, get back), and uncover (remove cover). The idea is of a blanket over the earth.

noun Alternative spelling of ground cover. countable

We planted ivy as a groundcover to prevent soil erosion.

(名词) 地被植物 【地被植物的变体拼写】

我们种植了常春藤作为地被植物以防止水土流失。

(sustantivo) Ortografía alternativa de ground cover (cobertura vegetal).

Plantamos hiedra como cobertura vegetal para prevenir la erosión del suelo.

(nom) couvre-sol; tapis végétal; plante couvre-sol [Variante orthographique de « ground cover » ; plante ou matériau couvrant le sol.]

Nous avons planté du lierre comme groundcover pour empêcher l'érosion du sol.

(Substantiv) Bodenbedeckung; Bodendecker [Alternative Schreibweise von *ground cover* (Bodendecker).]

Wir pflanzten Efeu als **groundcover**, um Bodenerosion zu verhindern.

(名詞) グランドカバー（地面を覆う植物）の別綴り。

土壌浸食を防ぐため、ツタを地被植物として植えました。

(substantivo) cobertura do solo; forração; planta de cobertura; vegetação rasteira [Grafia alternativa de ground cover.]

Plantamos hera como groundcover para prevenir a erosão do solo.

Synonyms: ground cover low-growing vegetation creeping plants carpet plants ground-hugging plants
Word parts: ground + cover

Related words

coverage discover discoverer discovery recover recovery uncover

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