"spurry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spurries [plural]
Etymology: Dutch or Old French spurrie; compare German Spergel, New Latin spergula. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|spurrie}} Old French spurrie, {{cog|de|Spergel}} German Spergel, {{uder|en|la|spergula}} Latin spergula Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spurry (countable and uncountable, plural spurries)
  1. Any of several European annual herbs of the genus Spergula. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants Synonyms: spurrey Derived forms: corn spurry (taxonomic: Spergula arvensis), Morison's spurry (taxonomic: Spergula morisonii), sandspurry (taxonomic: Spergularia spp.), sea spurry (taxonomic: Spergularia rubra)

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