A small plant of the pink family, with inconspicuous white flowers, native to north temperate regions.
漆姑草
Genus Sagina, family Caryophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Even Antarctica's only two species of flowering plants, hairgrass and pearlwort, have changed their positions of dominance: the moss-like pearl-wort appears more adaptable to the warming.
Only two vascular plants, Antarctic hairgrass and Antarctic pearlwort, have colonized the Maritime Antarctic.
Detailed studies of the leaf micromorphology in the Antarctic pearlwort were carried out.
Definition of pearlwort in US English:
pearlwort
nounˈpərlwərt
A small plant of the pink family, with inconspicuous white flowers, native to north temperate regions.
漆姑草
Genus Sagina, family Caryophyllaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Detailed studies of the leaf micromorphology in the Antarctic pearlwort were carried out.
Only two vascular plants, Antarctic hairgrass and Antarctic pearlwort, have colonized the Maritime Antarctic.
Even Antarctica's only two species of flowering plants, hairgrass and pearlwort, have changed their positions of dominance: the moss-like pearl-wort appears more adaptable to the warming.