shepherd's-purse

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English - Turkish
çoban çantası
bir tür bitki
çobançantası
çobançantası [bot.]
English - English
type of plant
A weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, family Brassicaceae, native to Europe but now found world-wide

Stewed nettles; savoury messes of chickweed sprinkled with nutmeg; he cooks the foliage of shepherd's purse as if it were cabbage.

white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
A common Eurasian weed (Capsella bursa-pastoris) having small white flowers and flat, heart-shaped or triangular fruit. Widespread lawn and roadside weed (Capsella bursa-pastoris) of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean and now found worldwide. Growing as high as 18 in. (45 cm), it is easily recognized by its flat, heart-shaped, green fruits, borne along the branching flower stalks, which arise from a dandelion-like rosette of deeply cut or almost entire leaves at the base and bear clusters of tiny white flowers. Shepherd's purse has been much studied to understand embryogenesis (development from zygote to seedling) in flowering plants
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shepherd's-purse
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