genus spergularia

Noun
  1. Chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry;
    Sea spurry (synset 111837798)
    is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
    member holonym: sand spurry, sea spurry, spergularia rubra - 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
    belongs to: carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
    same as: spergularia

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