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CORN SPURREY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corn spurrey mean? 

CORN SPURREY (noun)
  The noun CORN SPURREY has 1 sense:

1. small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: CORN SPURREY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORN SPURREY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

corn spurrey; corn spurry; Spergula arvensis

Hypernyms ("corn spurrey" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("corn spurrey" is a member of...):

genus Spergula; Spergula (small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry)


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