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Shepherd's Purse

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Noun

1. capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's pouch, shepherd's purse

white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shepherd's Purse

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noun
a plant, Capsella bursa-pastoris, having small white flowers and flattened triangular seed pods: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

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Shepherd's Purse

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a small weed (Capsella bursa-pastoris) of the crucifer family, with triangular, pouchlike pods

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shepherd's Purse

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n.
An annual plant (Capsella bursa-pastoris) in the mustard family, native to Eurasia and widespread as a weed, having small white flowers and flat, heart-shaped or triangular seedpods.

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