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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe;
[syn: sandwort, Moehringia mucosa]

2. low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers;
[syn: sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora]

3. low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sandwort \Sand"wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.) [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sandwort n 1: loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe [syn: sandwort, Moehringia mucosa] 2: low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers [syn: sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora] 3: low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens