corn spurry — noun small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers • Syn: ↑corn spurrey, ↑Spergula arvensis • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Spergula, ↑genus Spergula * * * … Useful english dictionary
corn spurry — /ˈkɔn spʌri/ (say kawn spuree) noun an annual herb, Spergula arvensis, with narrow, fleshy leaves arranged in a whorl, white flowers, and slightly flattened black seeds; a troublesome weed among crops …
spurry — or spurrey [spʉr′ē] n. [Du spurrie < ML spergula < L spargere, to strew (see SPARK1): so named from scattering its seeds] 1. any of a genus (Spergula) of European plants of the pink family; esp., the common corn spurry 2. (S. arvensis) with … English World dictionary
corn — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a any cereal before or after harvesting, esp. the chief crop of a region: wheat, oats, or (in the US and Australia) maize. b a grain or seed of a cereal plant. 2 colloq. something corny or trite. v.tr. (as corned adj.) sprinkled… … Useful english dictionary
spurry — /ˈspʌri/ (say spuree) noun 1. → corn spurry. 2. → sand spurry. Also, spurrey. {Middle Dutch spurie. Compare Medieval Latin spergula} …
spurry — n. (also spurrey) (pl. ies or eys) a slender plant of the genus Spergula, esp. the corn spurry, a white flowered weed in cornfields etc. Etymology: Du. spurrie, prob. rel. to med.L spergula … Useful english dictionary
corn spurrey — noun small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers • Syn: ↑corn spurry, ↑Spergula arvensis • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Spergula, ↑genus Spergula … Useful english dictionary
genus Spergula — noun small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry • Syn: ↑Spergula • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Spergula — noun small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry • Syn: ↑genus Spergula • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Spergula arvensis — noun small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers • Syn: ↑corn spurry, ↑corn spurrey • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Spergula, ↑genus Spergula … Useful english dictionary
