1A small yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the mint family, which resembles a pine seedling in appearance and smell.
贾筋骨草
Ajuga chamaepitys, family Labiatae
Example sentencesExamples
Following fencing, scrub clearance and introduction of sheep grazing a good chalk grassland flora is starting to re-establish including the rare ground pine which relies on sheep grazing to survive.
2A North American clubmoss with small shiny leaves, resembling a miniature conifer and growing typically in coniferous woodland.
石松
Genus Lycopodium, family Lycopodiaceae: several species, in particular L. obscurum and L. tristachyum
Example sentencesExamples
The delicately branched woodland horsetail and two ground pines (fan club moss and running club moss) also grow here.
This order includes the recent genus Lycopodium (known commonly as club moss, ground pine, or ‘wolf foot,’), with some 200 living species.
Definition of ground pine in US English:
ground pine
nounɡround pīn
1A small yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the mint family, which resembles a pine seedling in appearance and smell.
贾筋骨草
Ajuga chamaepitys, family Labiatae
Example sentencesExamples
Following fencing, scrub clearance and introduction of sheep grazing a good chalk grassland flora is starting to re-establish including the rare ground pine which relies on sheep grazing to survive.
2A North American club moss with small, shiny leaves, resembling a miniature conifer and growing typically in coniferous woodland.
石松
Genus Lycopodium, family Lycopodiaceae: several species, in particular L. obscurum and L. tristachyum
Example sentencesExamples
The delicately branched woodland horsetail and two ground pines (fan club moss and running club moss) also grow here.
This order includes the recent genus Lycopodium (known commonly as club moss, ground pine, or ‘wolf foot,’), with some 200 living species.