Bur-weed

  • 11bur. — bureau. * * * bur «bur», noun, verb, burred, bur|ring. –n. 1. a prickly, clinging seedcase or flower of some plants; burr. Burs stick to cloth and fur. »Do roses stick like burs? (Robert Browning). » …

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  • 12bur-mallow — skiautėtalapis gurlis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos pluoštinis augalas (Urena lobata), paplitęs atogrąžose. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Urena lobata angl. bur mallow; Caesar weed; Congo jute vok.… …

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  • 13bur bristlegrass — noun Etymology: burr (prickly envelope) + bristle grass : a Eurasian annual grass (Setaria verticillata) that is naturalized as a weed in No. America especially in the northeastern states, is often tufted in appearance, and has spikelets with… …

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  • 14clot|bur — «KLOT BUR», noun. a weed bearing rough burs; cocklebur (def. 1) …

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  • 15buffalo bur — ▪ plant also called  Beaked Nightshade, or Prickly Potato        (Solanum rostratum), plant of the nightshade family Solanaceae (order Solanales), native to high plains east of the Rocky Mountains from North Dakota to Mexico. It bears small… …

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  • 16Caesar-weed — skiautėtalapis gurlis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos pluoštinis augalas (Urena lobata), paplitęs atogrąžose. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Urena lobata angl. bur mallow; Caesar weed; Congo jute vok.… …

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  • 17cockle-bur — noun any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs • Syn: ↑cocklebur, ↑cockleburr, ↑cockle burr • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Xanthium, ↑genus Xanthium …

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  • 18sheep bur — noun : any of several plants whose fruits or seeds tend to lodge in sheep s wool: as a. : an annual composite weed (Acanthospermum australe) of the southern United States and tropical regions with a prickly fruit shaped like a starfish b. :… …

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  • 19burweed — bur•weed [[t]ˈbɜrˌwid[/t]] n. pln any of various plants bearing a burlike fruit, as the cocklebur • Etymology: 1775–85 …

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  • 20burweed — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of certain plants having the fruit enclosed in a bur: as a. : cocklebur b. : burdock c. : any of certain plants of the genera Galium, Triumfetta, or Amsinckia …

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