sea spurry

sea spurry
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
Hypernyms: ↑weed
Member Holonyms: ↑Spergularia, ↑genus Spergularia

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