[spur-ee, spuhr-ee] 
| 1. | any of several plants belonging to the genus Spergula, of the pink family, esp. S. arvensis, having white flowers and numerous linear leaves. |
| 2. | any of various allied or similar plants. |
| 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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