HyperDic: genus_moehringia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Moehringia:
NOUNplantgenus Moehringia, Moehringialow-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere
English > genus Moehringia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglow-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts / sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus ... / genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers.
SynonymMoehringia
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Memberssandwort, Moehringia laterifloralow-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers
sandwort, Moehringia mucosaLoosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus moehringia, moehringia
Catalangenus moehringia, moehringia

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