pearlwort

English

Etymology

From pearl +‎ wort.

Noun

pearlwort (countable and uncountable, plural pearlworts)

1. Any of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls:
2. in genus Sagina,
3. in genus Colobanthus

Derived terms

• Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis)
• golden pearlwort (Sagina subulata)
• pearlwort spurrey (Spergula morisonii)

Translations

plant of genus Sagina

• Bulgarian: мъховка f (mǎhovka)
• Dutch: vetmuur (nl) m
• Finnish: haarikko (fi)
• German: Mastkraut n
• Icelandic: krækill m
• Polish: karmnik (pl) m
• Russian: мшанка (ru) f (mšanka)

References

• pearlwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “pearlwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.