| NOUN | plant | genus Spergularia, Spergularia | chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs |
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| Meaning | chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry. | |
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| Synonym | Spergularia | |
| Member of | Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink family | large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) |
| Members | sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra | prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | genus spergularia, spergularia | |
| Catalan | genus spergularia, spergularia | |
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