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Meaning of SANDWORT

Pronunciation:  'sandwurt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  low-growing chiefly perennial plants usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
  2. [n]  low-growing herb having clusters of small white-flowers 4-petaled flowers
  3. [n]  loosely matted plant with mosslike foliage studded with tiny starry 4-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
 
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 Synonyms: Moehringia lateriflora, Moehringia mucosa
 
 See Also: Arenaria, Arenaria caroliniana, Arenaria groenlandica, Arenaria peploides, Arenaria serpyllifolia, Arenaria stricta, flower, genus Arenaria, genus Moehringia, longroot, Moehringia, mountain daisy, mountain sandwort, mountain starwort, pine-barren sandwort, rock sandwort, seabeach sandwort, thyme-leaved sandwort

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sand"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Arenaria}, low, tufted herbs (order
{Caryophyllace[ae]}.)
 
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