Search Result for "sand spurry":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America;
[syn: sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spurry \Spur"ry\ (sp[u^]r"r[y^]), n. [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G. spergel, NL. spergula.] (Bot.) An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also spurrey.] [1913 Webster] Sand spurry (Bot.), any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sand spurry n 1: prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America [syn: sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra]