scleranthus

English Thesaurus

1. small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	knawe, knawel, scleranthus annuus,
definition	:	widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family,
definition	:	large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) (noun.plant)