Definition of Spergula arvensis

1. Noun. Small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Corn Spurrey, Corn Spurry
Group relationships: Genus Spergula, Spergula
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spergula Arvensis

Spello
Spence
Spencer
Spencer Tracy
Spengler
Spens' syndrome
Spenser
Spenserian
Spenserian sonnet
Spenserian sonnets
Spenserian stanza
Spenserians
Spenserism
Spenserisms
Spergula
Spergula arvensis
Spergularia
Spergularia rubra
Sperry
Spetsai
Spetse
Spetses
Spey
Speyer
Sphacele
Sphacele calycina
Sphacelotheca
Sphacelotheca reiliana

Literary usage of Spergula arvensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United States: A Graphic History by Louis Morton Hacker, Rudolf Modley, George Rogers Taylor (1891)
"Stellaria media (chickweed) is among the most persistent of summer weeds in cultivated vineyards and orchards; while in the spring spergula arvensis ..."

2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"Scotch Lake, NB spergula arvensis, L. In Rhodora for August, 1905, Mr. ML Fernald notes the occurrence of Spergula saliva, ..."

3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The seeds of common spurrey (spergula arvensis L.) often occur in linseed-cake and other ... Spurrey (spergula arvensis). Seeds natural size and enlarged. ..."

4. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"Habit and stature of spergula arvensis L. but a more delicate pi. in all its parts, ... At once distinguishable from spergula arvensis L. by the constantly ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"spergula arvensis L. Sp. Pl. 440. 1753. Fig. 1794. Slender, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, branching at or near the base, erect or ascending, 6'-18' high. ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Two or three species, natives of the Old World. The following is widely distributed as a weed. i. spergula arvensis L. Spurry. ..."

7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(2) spergula arvensis, L.—Ches. The prefix toad denotes that it is a spurious kind—Linaria vulgaris, when not in flower, resembling true flax; ..."

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