Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Groundsel

Groundsel , noun

[Old English grundswilie, Anglo-Saxon grundeswylige, grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the eye. See Swallow, v.]

(Botany) An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.

Groundsel , noun

[Ground + sill.]

See Ground plate (a), under Ground

Also: Groundsill