shepherd's purse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Alluding to the shape of its seed vessel. Compare mediaeval Latin bursa pastoris, French bourse-à-berger, German Hirtentasche.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An edible 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.
1979, Angela Carter, “The Erl-King”, in The Bloody Chamber, Vintage 2006, page 98:To him that hath a flux, of Sheepheards purse he gives
1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 13 p. 218:
Synonyms
Translations (43)
sh тарчу̀жа̄к (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · nl herderstasje (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ja 薺 (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ca bosses de pastor (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ru сумочник пастуший (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · tr çobançantası (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · nan-hbl 上己菜 (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ro traista-ciobanului (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · bg овчарска торбичка (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ca sarronets de pastor (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · de Hirtentäschel (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · pt bolsa-de-pastor (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · cs kokoška pastuší tobolka (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · de Hirtentäschelkraut (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · fi lutukka (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · es bolsa del pastor (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · izh koirankuudra (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · sh русо̀мача (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · fr boursette (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ko 냉이 (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ar كِيس الرَاعِي (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · nrf bourse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · sq shtrapër (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · el αγριοκαρδαμούδα (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · sk pastierska kapsička (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · nrf pid d'ouaîthé (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · fr bourse-à-berger (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ga lus an sparáin (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · sv lomme (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · kk жұмыршақ (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · sh rusòmača (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ru пасту́шья су́мка (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · io pastoroburso (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · fr capselle (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · grc θλάσπις (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · fr bourse-à-pasteur (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · sh tarčùžāk (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ota چوبان چانطهسی (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · cy pwrs y bugail (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · cmn 薺菜 /荠菜 (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · az quşəppəyi (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · ro punguliță (Capsella bursa-pastoris) · pl tasznik (Capsella bursa-pastoris)