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spurry

spurry


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spurry  \Spur"ry\,  n.  [D.  or  OF  spurrie;  cf  G.  spergel,  NL 
  spergula.]  (Bot.) 
  An  annual  herb  ({Spergula  arvensis})  with  whorled  filiform 
  leaves,  sometimes  grown  in  Europe  for  fodder.  [Written  also 
  {spurrey}.] 
 
  {Sand  spurry}  (Bot.),  any  low  herb  of  the  genus  {Lepigonum}, 
  mostly  found  in  sandy  places.