shepherd's needle

noun

1. a European umbelliferous plant, Scandix pectenveneris, with long needle-like fruits

Example Sentences

The names shepherd’s needle and Venus’ comb have been given to an umbelliferous plant, Scandix Pecten. 

From Project Gutenberg

Bachelors' Buttons must be for elves Who have to do up their clothes themselves; And the tailor fairies use Fairy Shears, Long cutting-grasses that grow by meres; And they mend their things with the Spider-stitches, Faint white flowers that you find in ditches, And Shepherd's Needle, which you'll see plain In every meadow and field and lane; And when they've used them they grow again.

From Project Gutenberg