HyperDic: shepherd[s_purse

English > 1 sense of the expression shepherd's purse:
NOUNplantshepherd's purse, shepherd's pouch, Capsella bursa-pastoriswhite-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods
English > shepherd's purse: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwhite-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed.
Synonymsshepherd's pouch, Capsella bursa-pastoris
Member ofCapsella, genus Capsellashepherd's purse
Broadercrucifer, cruciferous plantAny of various plants of the family Cruciferae
CatalanCapsella bursa-pastoris

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