sandwort

[ sand-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈsændˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

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.

Origin of sandwort

First recorded in 1590–1600; sand + wort2

Words nearby sandwort

sandwich islands, sandwich man, sandwich panel, sandwich tern, sandworm, sandwort, sandy, sandy blight, sandy city, sandy hook, sane

Example sentences from the Web for sandwort

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

    The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray

  • 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

  • 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