sandwort

[ sand-wurt, -wawrt ]

/ ˈsændˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

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noun

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.

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Origin of sandwort

First recorded in 1590–1600; sand + wort²

Words nearby sandwort

Sandwich Islands, sandwich man, sandwich panel, sandwich tern, sandworm, sandwort, sandy, sand yacht, sandy blight, Sandy City, Sandy Hook

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How to use sandwort in a sentence

Here a few grass-blades, there a tiny plant of Sandwort, possibly a Rock Bedstraw, begin to root themselves in the moss.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot
Pistil of a Sandwort, with vertical and transverse section of the ovary: free central placenta.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
Perhaps the commonest of all is the sea-spurry sandwort, which hangs its little blossoms in trailing tufts from the cliff-sides.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur
How wise, too, is the sandwort in its choice of a dwelling-place!
The Foot-path Way|Bradford Torrey

British Dictionary definitions for sandwort

sandwort

/ (ˈsændˌwɜːt) /

noun

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

any of various related plants

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