noun
low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers
• Syn: ↑Moehringia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family
• Member Meronyms: ↑sandwort, ↑Moehringia lateriflora, ↑Moehringia mucosa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.