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Definition of Pearlwort
1. Noun. Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls.
Group relationships: Genus Sagina, Sagina
Generic synonyms: Ground Cover, Groundcover
Definition of Pearlwort
1. n. A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.
Definition of Pearlwort
1. Noun. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus ''Sagina'', that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pearlwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearlwort
Literary usage of Pearlwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Sagina decumbens (Ell.) T. & G. DECUMBENT pearlwort. (Man. p. 399; IFf 1496.)
In dry soil, eastern Mass, to III., south to Fla., Mo. and La. ..."
2. Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Tales and by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)
"The Trailing pearlwort (Sagina procumbens), which grows in very dry places and
on old walls, was one of the most efficacious plants against the powers of ..."
3. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys (1845)
"Sea pearlwort. By the Martello Tower, Merino, Great Island: Dr. Scott. At Whitepoint,
Cove : and in Little Island : Dr. Power. Often overlooked. ..."
4. The flora of Harrow by James Cosmo Melvill (1876)
"L. (Annual small-flowered pearlwort.) Walls, dry gravelly places. On the Grove Wall,
... Fr. (Ciliated pearlwort.) Dry places and sandy heaths. 5, 6. ..."
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