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Webster 1913 Edition


Spurry

Spur′ry

(spŭr′ry̆)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spurry

SPURRY

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Spergula.