sandwort

sandwort Definition

sand·wort (sand′wʉrt′)

noun

any of a genus (Arenaria) of low, tufted, mat-forming plants of the pink family, growing in sandy soil

sandwort Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

sea: New dunes show colonization by sea sandwort, sea couch and marram grass, all of which bind and stabilize the shifting sands.

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