seabeach sandwort

9.5

A plant with thick leaves and small single flowers that lives for many years on sandy coasts

noun

: arenaria de playa

The seabeach sandwort blooms beautifully in the summer.

Examples

Have you seen the seabeach sandwort along the coast?
Botanists studied the adaptation of seabeach sandwort to salt spray and shifting sands.
Botanists studied the adaptation of seabeach sandwort to salt spray and shifting sands.
Conservationists are working to protect the seabeach sandwort from habitat erosion and human disturbance.
The fragile seabeach sandwort thrives in sandy coastal habitats along the Atlantic shoreline.
The fragile seabeach sandwort thrives in sandy coastal habitats along the Atlantic shoreline.
Conservationists are working to protect the seabeach sandwort from habitat erosion and human disturbance.

Synonyms

Arenaria peploides

vsseabeach sandwort

Specialized

9.9

A low plant with thick leaves that store water that grows on sandy shores and has small single flowers

is a common name variant for that same coastal species

sandwort

vsseabeach sandwort

9.9

A low plant with small white flowers that grows in sandy or rocky places

is a coastal succulent species rather than a general low sand plant

Surface Forms

seabeach sandwort singular

seabeach sandworts plural

Morphology

seabeach + sandwort

This is a descriptive compound: combining 'seabeach' (sea beach/coastal sand) with 'sandwort' (a low plant of sandy areas) yields a sandwort that grows on the seabeach. The meaning is directly compositional and follows common English place+plant naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

The plant seabeach sandwort may get its name from where it grows: sea and beach show the coastal place, and sandwort combines sand with the old word wort meaning 'plant'. That's why the name describes a small, tough plant that lives on sandy shores.