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noun
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: mountain sandwort, mountain starwort, mountain daisy, Arenaria groenlandica, pine-barren sandwort, longroot, Arenaria caroliniana, seabeach sandwort, Arenaria peploides, rock sandwort, Arenaria stricta, thyme-leaved sandwort, Arenaria serpyllifolia
noun
low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Moehringia lateriflora
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower
noun
loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Moehringia mucosa
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Broader terms: flower
History
From sand + wort.
Across languages
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