noun
chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
• Syn: ↑Spergularia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family
• Member Meronyms: ↑sand spurry, ↑sea spurry, ↑Spergularia rubra
Useful english dictionary. 2012.