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Noun: genus Moehringia
  1. Low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic Northern Hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petalled rather than five-petalled flowers
    - Moehringia

Type of: caryophylloid dicot genus

Part of: carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family

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genus Miltonia
genus Mimosa
genus Mimus
genus Minuartia
genus Mirabilis
genus Mirounga
genus Mitchella
genus Mitella
genus Mnium
genus Mobula
genus Moehringia
genus Mohria
genus Mola
genus Mollienesia
genus Molluga
genus Moloch
genus Molothrus
genus Molucella
genus Molva
genus Momordica
genus Momotus