Found 2 items, similar to sand spurry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sand spurry
sand spurry
n : 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
[syn:
sea spurry,
Spergularia rubra]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sand spurry
Spurry
\Spur"ry\ (sp[u^]r"r[y^]), n. [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G.
spergel, NL. spergula.] (Bot.)
An annual herb (
Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform
leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also
spurrey.]
[1913 Webster]
Sand spurry (Bot.), any low herb of the genus
Lepigonum,
mostly found in sandy places.
[1913 Webster]