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spurry
[ spur-ee, spuhr-ee ]
noun
, plural spur·ries.
- any of several plants belonging to the genus Spergula, of the pink family, especially S. arvensis, having white flowers and numerous linear leaves.
- any of various allied or similar plants.
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Perhaps the commonest of all is the sea-spurry sandwort, which hangs its little blossoms in trailing tufts from the cliff-sides.
From Project Gutenberg
Name from sagina, fattening; previously applied to the spurry.
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