Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several weedy, low-growing herbs of the genera Spergula and Spergularia of the pink family, especially Spergula arvensis native to Europe, having linear whorled leaves and small white flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Radiating, like the points on a spurrowel.
- noun A plant of the genus Spergula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An annual herb (
Spergula arvensis ) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. - noun (Bot.) any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
European annual herbs of the genus Spergula
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The plants most commonly employed in this country are spurry, white mustard, and turnips.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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White mustard and spurry are employed in the same way as a preparation for winter wheat, and with the best results.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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Amongst the injurious substances found in linseed and linseed-cake I may mention the seeds of the purging-flax, darnel, spurry, corn-cockle, curcus-beans, and castor-oil beans.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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The spurry (Spergula arvensis) is introduced, but grows abundantly in our fields.
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