| Noun | 1. | genus Spergula - small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) corn spurrey, corn spurry, Spergula arvensis - small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers |