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Definition of Capsella bursa-pastoris
1. Noun. White-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed.
Generic synonyms: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Group relationships: Capsella, Genus Capsella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capsella Bursa-pastoris
Literary usage of Capsella bursa-pastoris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"1753. B. pastoris Weber in Wigg. Prim. Fl. Hoist. 47. 1780. capsella bursa-pastoris
Medic. Pfl. Gatt. 1: 85. 1792. Bursa Bursa-pastoris Britton, Mem. Torr. ..."
3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"Shepherd's purse (Capsella Bursa-Pastoris Moench) has a seed of much the same
shape and color as false flax, but of about half the dimensions. ..."
4. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Mountain thyme. uu see capsella bursa-pastoris. see Lepidium campestre.
see capsella bursa-pastoris. Gu.-rc. used in pounce. ..."
5. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"The dried plant of capsella bursa-pastoris, ... capsella bursa-pastoris has been
used in domestic medicine since an early day. Culpepper refers to it in his ..."
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