Spergula Arvensis (Noun)
Meaning
Small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Wildlife in the field included corn bunts, corn marigolds, spergula arvensis and the like, which is almost always found in cornfields.
- Gardeners should be on the lookout for weeds such as Convolvulus arvensis, Bindweed and Spergula arvensis when examining the flowerbed.
- After some heavy rainfall, the corn field looked more like a sea of blue cornflower and Spergula arvensis than the neatly planted rows we once had.
- Cornfield is home to more weeds than just corn buttercup and rye bunting such as Spergula arvensis as well as cornflower, and scarlet pimpernel.
- Field of wheat planted inside an abandoned plot overgrown with Spergula arvensis where wild wheat was present after several years, after seed remained dormant in the soil and then germinated when conditions were favorable.