SANDWORT

sandwort

(noun) low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens

sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora

(noun) low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers

sandwort, Moehringia mucosa

(noun) loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sandwort (plural sandworts)

Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.

Source: Wiktionary


Sand"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllace\'91.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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