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}]