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ˈcase-weed
Also 6 casse-weede, 7 cass-weed.
[f. case n.2 + weed.]
An old name for Shepherd's Purse (Capsella Bursa pastoris).
1578Lyte Dodoens i. lv. 81 In English Shepherds purse, Scrippe, or Pouche: and of some Casseweede. 1597Gerard Herbal xxiii. §2. 215 Called..in the North part of England..Caseweede. 1879Prior Plant-n., Case-weed, or casse-weed, in allusion to its little purse-like capsules. |