arenaria peploides

2 definitions found

arenaria peploides - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.)
     A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts
     in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called
     also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
     [1913 Webster]

arenaria peploides - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Arenaria peploides
      n 1: perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or
           terminal flowers [syn: seabeach sandwort, Arenaria peploides
           ]