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sagina (iou)



sagina noun. M20.
[mod. Latin (see below), use as genus name of Latin sagina: see SAGINATE.]
Any of various small low-growing plants constituting the genus Sagina, of the pink family, esp. S. subulata and S. procumbens, sometimes used instead of grass to form lawns. Also called pearlwort.