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Meanings of ground cover in English

Catalan
brossa
Spanish
maleza

Small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor.

brossa
Russian
ковровое растение

Plant with low spreading growth.

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ковровое растение
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Examples for "groundcover"
Examples for "groundcover"
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The flashlight landed with a soft tick, its beam barely visible above the groundcover.
Bones Are Forever
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You can enjoy their silver-spotted foliage and their merit as a groundcover plant in shadier, damp borders.
The Guardian
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One hundred percent groundcover to prevent soil being blown or washed away: Cooler soil is more attractive to microbes.
Reuters
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Neat by nature, they rarely rise to more than a foot and will gently spread when happy, to make weed-proof groundcover.
The Guardian
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If you have acid soil or are prepared to grow them in pots, the perennial Cornus canadensis is a delightful groundcover.
The Guardian
Usage of ground cover in English
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Anyway, ground cover has a critical impact on water tables and flow rates.
Foxglove Summer
2
We are wide-footed, low-to-the- ground type folk, good at finding mushrooms and ground cover.
The Irish Times
3
We tried pulling out the ivy, 'cause it was such good ground cover.
The strain
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The beam dancing across the ground cover tripped another cognitive wire.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
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The ground cover was thawing, and weeds and leaf litter squelched greasily underfoot.
Watcher of the Dead
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You'll find it's the most marvelous ground cover, even in this acid soil.
Revolutionary Road
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He dropped down on the ground cover and held up his hand to her.
The Plains of Passage
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Those forests are dominated by long-needled conifers that produce a fluffy, fast-burning ground cover.
Wired
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In a narrow line the ground cover did not intertwine.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
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A spreading ground cover of lemon grass sweetens the air.
The world without us
11
This ensures all-year ground cover of soil and more microbes.
Reuters
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Almost any kind of ground cover will enhance winter survival.
Organic Gardener's Composting
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Why don't you spread out the ground cover on that sunny patch of grass.
The Plains of Passage
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With that, he dropped back down and laid himself out in the ground cover.
Stars rain down
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Loss of native ground cover is also driving microclimate change in the region, they say.
Reuters
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Nice rural stretch, heavy ground cover, hardly any streetlights.
Mission road