sandwort

sand·wort

S0067100 (sănd′wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of numerous low-growing herbs of the genus Arenaria and other genera in the pink family, having small, usually white flowers often grouped in cymose clusters.

sandwort

(ˈsændˌwɜːt) n1. (Plants) any of numerous caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Arenaria, which grow in dense tufts on sandy soil and have white or pink solitary flowers2. (Plants) any of various related plants

sand•wort

(ˈsændˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any of various plants of the genus Arenaria, pink family, that have clusters of usu. white flowers and often grow in sandy soil. [1590–1600]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sandwort - loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern EuropeMoehringia mucosaflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus 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 flowersMoehringia laterifloraflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus 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 gardensflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsArenaria, genus Arenaria - sandwortsArenaria groenlandica, mountain daisy, mountain sandwort, mountain starwort - boreal or alpine sandwortArenaria caroliniana, longroot, pine-barren sandwort - deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United StatesArenaria peploides, seabeach sandwort - perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowersArenaria stricta, rock sandwort - low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North AmericaArenaria serpyllifolia, thyme-leaved sandwort - Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America