noun
small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
• Syn: ↑genus Sagina
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family
• Member Meronyms: ↑pearlwort, ↑pearlweed, ↑pearl-weed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.