spurry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: spur=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

spurry, n. [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G. spergel, NL. spergula.].

 An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.  [1913 Webster]

Sand spurry (Bot.), any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

spurry, n. (also spurrey) (pl. -ies or -eys) a slender plant of the genus Spergula, esp. the corn-spurry, a white-flowered weed in cornfields etc.

Etymology

Du. spurrie, prob. rel. to med.L spergula