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Definition of Capsella
1. Noun. Shepherd's purse.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Shepherd's Pouch, Shepherd's Purse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capsella
Literary usage of Capsella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Shepherd's purse (capsella ... The structure (Figs. 151 and 1510) is also similar,
but the epidermal FIG. 151. Shepherd's Purse (capsella ..."
2. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"... it is almost always at hand and the first to be employed in emergencies.
As a rubefacient its sphere of usefulness is practically unlimited. capsella. ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"capsella. D. C — Shepherd's Purse. (The diminutive of capsula; a little capsule
or box.) Pouch triangular, wedge-form at base ; valves boat-form, ..."
4. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"... the testa from the outside, we easily recognise the contour of the polygonal
cells of the external tabular layer. These cells have FIG. 111.—capsella ..."
5. Handbook of Plant Dissection by Joseph Charles Arthur, John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes (1893)
"capsella Bursa-pastoris Moench. PRELIMINARY. Tins plant, chosen to represent the
highest development of plant life, is of European origin, but has become ..."