A name given to the genus Arenaria and other plants growing in sandy localities.
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > sandwort (11) sandwort1597 A name given to the genus Arenaria and other plants growing in sandy localities. sea pimpernel1633 Honkenya peploides; also seaside pimpernel. mountain chickweed1659 spring sandwort, Minuartia verna (family Caryophyllaceae), a small plant of dry alkaline soils. sea spurrey1762 sea-chickweed1786 = sea-sandwort n. arenariaa1806 The Sandwort; a genus of small herbs (family Caryophyllaceæ) allied to chickweed. sand-weed1849 = sandwort, n. sea-sandwort1850 a variety of sandwort, Honkenya (Arenaria) peploides, growing in the sand of the coasts of Europe and North America. sea spurrey sandwort1853 (see quots.). mountain sandwort1884 either of two sandworts, Arenaria groenlandica of Greenland and North America, and A. montana of south-western Europe. sand flower1916 = sandwort, n. |
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