'Sand spurry' definitions:
Definition of 'sand spurry'
(from WordNet)
noun
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: sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra]
Definition of 'Sand spurry'
From: GCIDE
- 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]