shepherd's-purse


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]

shep′herd's-purse′



n. a weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, of the mustard family, with white flowers and purselike pods. [1400–50]