sandwort
(ˈsændwɜːt)
[f. sand n.2 + wort, plant.]
A name given to the genus Arenaria and other plants growing in sandy localities.
| 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. xcvi. 347 Buckeshorne..is called also by certaine bastarde names, as Harenaria, or Sandwort. 1796 Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 421–4. 1856 Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 57 Alsine..Grove Sandwort. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1015/1 Spurrey sandwort, Spergularia. 1882 Garden 21 Jan. 34/3, I have not yet tried these Sandworts in shade. |