SAND SPURRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand spurry mean? 

• SAND SPURRY (noun)
  The noun SAND SPURRY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SAND SPURRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND SPURRY (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sand spurry; sea spurry; Spergularia rubra

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

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

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

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