spurry

spurry Definition

spurry (spʉr′ē)

noun

any of a genus (Spergula) of European plants of the pink family; esp., the common corn spurry

(S. arvensis) with small white flowers, now a weed in North America

Etymology: Du spurrie < ML spergula < L spargere, to strew (see spark): so named from scattering its seeds

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