sandwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Sand"wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceæ.)

Webster 1913