SPERGULA ARVENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spergula arvensis mean? 

• SPERGULA ARVENSIS (noun)
  The noun SPERGULA ARVENSIS has 1 sense:

1. small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers

  Familiarity information: SPERGULA ARVENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• SPERGULA ARVENSIS (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 ("Spergula arvensis" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("Spergula arvensis" is a member of...):

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