NOUN | plant | genus Moehringia, Moehringia | low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere |
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Meaning | low-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. | |
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Synonym | Moehringia | |
Member of | Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink family | large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) |
Members | sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora | low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers |
sandwort, Moehringia mucosa | Loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms | |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
Spanish | genus moehringia, moehringia | |
Catalan | genus moehringia, moehringia |
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