HyperDic: minuartia

English > 1 sense of the word Minuartia:
NOUNplantMinuartia, genus Minuartiamostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit
English > Minuartia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts / sandworts / sandworts.
Synonymgenus Minuartia
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus minuartia, minuartia
Catalangenus minuartia, minuartia, Minuàrtia

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