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pl. [GROUND, 8.] Lyell arranged the fo iliferous strata in groups and periods, the former referring to the order of succe ion on the surface of the earth, the latter to the series of events thence inferred. (3) Bot.: A particular grade in cla ification. Lindley had groups in his Natural System of Bot any , though he abolished them in his Vegetable Kingdom . The designation "group" was inferior in extent to "sub-cla ," and superior to" alliance." He made them end in -osa , as Album i nos a. (4) Zool.: A designation which may be consid Bot.: A composite plant with pinnatifid leaves and small yellow flowers, as a rule with no rays, which grows as a weed in gardens, and is given to cage-birds, which are fond of the seeds. "This groundswell is an hear be much like in shape to germander."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xxv., ch. xiii.