sandwort

[ sand-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.

sandwort

/ ˈsændˌwɜːt /

noun

1. any of numerous caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Arenaria, which grow in dense tufts on sandy soil and have white or pink solitary flowers
2. any of various related plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of sandwort¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; sand + wort ²

Example Sentences

Here a few grass-blades, there a tiny plant of Sandwort, possibly a Rock Bedstraw, begin to root themselves in the moss.

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Pistil of a Sandwort, with vertical and transverse section of the ovary: free central placenta.

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Perhaps the commonest of all is the sea-spurry sandwort, which hangs its little blossoms in trailing tufts from the cliff-sides.

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How wise, too, is the sandwort in its choice of a dwelling-place!

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