Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ground_cover

2 senses of ground cover

Sense 1
groundcover, ground cover -- (low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow)
       => vegetation, flora, botany -- (all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China")

Sense 2
groundcover, ground cover -- (small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor)
       => underbrush, undergrowth, underwood -- (the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest)