pearlwort

[Eng. pearl, and wort. ] Bot.: The genus Sagina. pearl-ý, a. [Eng. pearly ; -y.] 1. Resembling pearls. "For what the day devours, the nightly dew Shall to the morn in pearly drops renew." Dryden: Virgil; Georgio ii. 279. 2. Abounding with, or containing pearls. "The silver Trent on pearly sands doth slide." Drayton: Barons Wars, vi.