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sandwort (Arenaria)

Definition:

a low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for, for example, rock gardens

Class:

plant noun

Plural:

sandworts

Type of:

flower » angiosperm » spermatophyte » vascular plant » plant » organism » living thing

Member of:

Arenaria » Caryophyllaceae » Caryophyllales » Caryophyllidae » Dicotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae

Original source:

WordNet

Examples:

mountain sandwort | pine-barren sandwort | rock sandwort | seabeach sandwort | thyme-leaved sandwort

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