sandwort

sand·wort  (sndwûrt, -wôrt)

n.

Any of numerous low-growing herbs of the genus Arenaria, having small, usually white flowers often grouped in cymose clusters.

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sandwort [ˈsændˌwɜːt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of numerous caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Arenaria, which grow in dense tufts on sandy soil and have white or pink solitary flowers

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various related plants

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sandwort - loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe Moehringia mucosa flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Moehringia, Moehringia - low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers
	2.	sandwort - low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers Moehringia lateriflora flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Moehringia, Moehringia - low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers
	3.	sandwort - low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms Arenaria, genus Arenaria - sandworts Arenaria groenlandica, mountain daisy, mountain sandwort, mountain starwort - boreal or alpine sandwort Arenaria caroliniana, longroot, pine-barren sandwort - deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States Arenaria peploides, seabeach sandwort - perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowers Arenaria stricta, rock sandwort - low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North America Arenaria serpyllifolia, thyme-leaved sandwort - Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America