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SEA SPURRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea spurry mean?
• SEA SPURRY (noun)
The noun SEA 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: SEA SPURRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("sea spurry" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("sea spurry" is a member of...):
genus Spergularia; Spergularia (chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry)
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