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    SPERGULARIA RUBRA

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    sand spurry; sea spurry; Spergularia rubra

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Spergularia rubra" is a kind of...):

    weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

    Holonyms ("Spergularia rubra" is a member of...):

    genus Spergularia; Spergularia (chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry)

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