noun
small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
• Syn: ↑Spergula
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family
• Member Meronyms: ↑corn spurry, ↑corn spurrey, ↑Spergula arvensis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.