Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.)
A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts
in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called
also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}.
Arenaria peploides
n : perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or
terminal flowers [syn: {seabeach sandwort}]