spurry

[ spur-ee, spuhr-ee ]

noun,plural spur·ries.

any of several plants belonging to the genus Spergula, of the pink family, especially S. arvensis, having white flowers and numerous linear leaves.
any of various allied or similar plants.

Origin of spurry

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First recorded in 1570–80; spur¹ + -y¹

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How to use spurry in a sentence

Perhaps the commonest of all is the sea-spurry sandwort, which hangs its little blossoms in trailing tufts from the cliff-sides.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. | E. Rameur
Name from sagina, fattening; previously applied to the spurry.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray

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