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spurrey

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spur⋅rey

[spur-ee, spuhr-ee]
–noun, plural -ries.
spurry.
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spur·ry also spur·rey   (spûr'ē, spŭr'ē)   
n.   pl. spur·ries also spur·reys
Any of several weedy, low-growing herbs of the genera Spergula or Spergularia, especially Spergula arvensis native to Europe, having linear whorled leaves and small white flowers.

[Dutch spurrie, from Middle Dutch speurie, probably from Medieval Latin spergula, probably from Latin spargere, to scatter.]
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