spurrey
/ˈspɜːrɪ/(亦作spurry)
noun
(pl. -eys 或 -ies)
1- a small widely distributed plant of the pink family, with pink or white flowers牛漆姑草。
1.1
- Genera Spergula and Spergularia, family Caryophyllaceae: several species, in particular corn spurrey (Spergula arvensis), a spindly weed of cornfields, and sand spurrey (Spergularia rubra), of sandy and gravelly soils.大爪草属和牛漆姑草属, 石竹科：数种, 尤指玉米地大爪草（拉丁名Spergula arvensis, 一种细长的玉米地杂草）和沙地大爪草（拉丁名Spergularia rubra, 生长于沙质和砾质土壤中）。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Dutch spurrie;probably related to medieval Latin spergula.