ground pine

noun

any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.

a European herb, Ajuga chamaepitys, of the mint family, having a resinous odor.

Words nearby ground pine

ground loop, ground meristem, ground observer, ground owl, ground pea, ground pine, ground pink, ground plan, ground plane, ground plate, ground plum

Origin of ground pine

First recorded in 1545–55

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Examples from the Web for ground pine

For table decorations at camp and for decorating the tent doorways the ground-pine is charming.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop|Lina Beard
Deep in the shadowy woods, often where pine-trees are growing, you will find the ground-pine.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop|Lina Beard
She decked the pictures with ground-pine, and, in the act of preparing the dishes for supper that Gaston liked best, he found her.
Joyce of the North Woods|Harriet T. Comstock
If you are hanging your room with ground-pine, he lays hold of every stray twig, and tucks it into every crack he can reach.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865|Various

There were three different species of ground-pine in these woods, and hepatica and pyrola and wintergreen, and thickets of laurel.
Mercy Philbrick's Choice|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for ground pine

ground pine

noun

a hairy plant, Ajuga chamaepitys, of Europe and N Africa, having two-lipped yellow flowers marked with red spots: family Lamiaceae (labiates). It smells of pine when crushedSee also bugle 2

any of certain North American club mosses, esp Lycopodium obscurum

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