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MOEHRINGIA MUCOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Moehringia mucosa mean? 

MOEHRINGIA MUCOSA (noun)
  The noun MOEHRINGIA MUCOSA has 1 sense:

1. loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europeplay

  Familiarity information: MOEHRINGIA MUCOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOEHRINGIA MUCOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Moehringia mucosa; sandwort

Hypernyms ("Moehringia mucosa" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Moehringia mucosa" is a member of...):

genus Moehringia; Moehringia (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)


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