genus moehringia

1. 1.

   low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers

   SynonymsMoehringia

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofCaryophyllaceae

Questions about genus moehringia

What does genus moehringia mean?

genus moehringia means "low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers".

What is another word for genus moehringia?

Close synonyms include Moehringia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus moehringia a common word?

genus moehringia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.