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Capsella

noun

shepherd's purse

• Syn: ↑genus Capsella

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family

• Member Meronyms: ↑shepherd's purse, ↑shepherd's pouch, ↑Capsella bursa-pastoris

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\\kapˈselə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin capsa box, case + New Latin -ella — more at case

: a genus of widely distributed weeds of the family Cruciferae with basal tufted leaves, small white racemose flowers, and notched markedly flattened pods — see shepherd's purse

Useful english dictionary. 2012.