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sandwort|ˈsændwɜːt| [f. sand n.2 + wort, plant.] A name given to the genus Arenaria and other plants growing in sandy localities.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xcvi. 347 Buckeshorne..is called also by certaine bastarde names, as Harenaria, or Sandwort. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 421–4. 1856 Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 57 Alsine..Grove Sandwort. 1866Treas. Bot. 1015/1 Spurrey sandwort, Spergularia. 1882Garden 21 Jan. 34/3, I have not yet tried these Sandworts in shade. |