| carpetweed | (n) annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America, Syn. Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata |
| aizoaceae | (n) succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds, Syn. carpetweed family, family Tetragoniaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae |