[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