English noun: Moehringia | |||
1. | Moehringia (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | genus Moehringia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | caryophylloid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | Moehringia lateriflora, Moehringia mucosa, sandwort, sandwort | ||
Member meronym | carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family | ||