Definition of spurrey. Meaning of spurrey. Synonyms of spurrey

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Definition of spurrey

spurrey
Spurry Spur"ry, n. [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.
Spurrey
Spurrey Spur"rey, n. (Bot.) See Spurry.

Meaning of spurrey from wikipedia

- plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Their usual English name is spurry or spurrey. It includes 10 species native to portions of South America, Africa, and...
- Spergula arvensis, the corn spurry, stickwort, starwort or spurrey, is a species of plant in the genus Spergula. Corn spurry is a summer or winter annual...
- or lesser sea-spurrey. S. marina is a sprawling annual or sometimes perennial, with stems up to 35 cm (14 in) long. Like other sea-spurrey species, its...
- containing salt-tolerant plants known as sandspurrys (or sandspurries) and sea-spurreys. There are about 60 species. Spergularia azoricaendemic to the archipelago...
- Spergularia bocconei, Boccone's sandspurry, Gr**** sea-spurrey or Boccone's sea-spurrey, is a species of the genus Spergularia, in the family Caryophyllaceae...
- Spergularia rubra, the red sandspurry or red sand-spurrey, is a plant species in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa...
- Spergularia macrotheca is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name sticky sandspurry. It is native to western...
- Spergularia canadensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, known by the common name Canadian sandspurry. It is native to North...
- Calflora Database: Spergularia atro**** (Blackseed sandspurry, Sand spurrey) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Spergularia atro**** USDA Plants...
- Other locally notable plant species found here include Annual Knawel, Sand Spurrey, Subterranean Clover Trifolium subterraneus and Prickly Sedge Carex muricata...