spurrey

spurrey
[ˈspʌri]
(亦作 spurry)
(pl. -eys -ies)
  1. a small widely distributed plant of the pink family, with pink or white flowers
    牛漆姑草
  2. Genera Spergula and Spergularia, family Caryophyllaceae: several species, in particular corn spurrey (Spergula arvensis), a spindly weed of cornfields, and sand spurrey (Spergularia rubra), of sandy and gravelly soils
    大爪草属和牛漆姑草属,石竹科:数种,尤指玉米地大爪草(拉丁名Spergula arvensis,一种细长的玉米地杂草)和沙地大爪草(拉丁名Spergularia rubra,生长于沙质和砾质土壤中)
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Dutch spurrie; probably related to medieval Latin spergula
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