(n) white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed, Syn. shepherd's pouch, Capsella bursa-pastoris
[はるのななくさ, harunonanakusa] (exp) (See 秋の七草) seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)