shepherd's-purse
n (Plants) a plant, Capsella bursa-pastoris, having small white flowers and flattened triangular seed pods: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
[C15: compare Latin bursa pastoris, French bourse-de-berger, German Hirtentasche, Dutch herdentasch]
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shep′herd's-purse′
n. a weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, of the mustard family, with white flowers and purselike pods.
[1400–50]
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