SEA SPURRY

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sea spurry" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("sea spurry" is a member of...):

genus Spergularia; Spergularia (chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry)

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