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SAND SPURRY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
Synonyms:
sand spurry; sea spurry; Spergularia rubra
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sand spurry" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("sand spurry" is a member of...):
genus Spergularia; Spergularia (chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry)