bur
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8.4
- noun
- /bɜr/
:
cardo
- She carefully removed the bur that had latched onto her sweater during the walk.
- burdock burs
And then if that person is still too much of A Burr under their saddle, they'll work to get them out.
- And then if that person is still too much of A Burr under their saddle, they'll work to get them out.
Examples
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He's going for a hike in the Alps and he noticed there's these clumps of like burdock seeds or burs that kept sticking to the dog's fur.
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Anybody else see a bur in my sister's hair?
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You've got a bur in your pretty hair, ma'am.
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Must be the bur.
Academic text (2017) -
I have on cotton sweatpants, and I am walking through some variety of stick-tight burs, and I have thousands of them on my sweatpants!
Blog text (26) -
On our hike, I noticed a bur stuck to my jacket after brushing against some bushes.
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The dog came back from outside covered in burs from rolling in the grass.
Synonyms
3
7.5
A prickly seed head that sticks to fur and clothes
A coarse weed with spiny seeds that stick to animals or clothing
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to fur or clothes
- US
A large oak tree from central and eastern North America with thick bark and fringed acorn cups
- Specialized
A marsh plant with long narrow leaves and round spiky fruits that stick to fur
- Specialized
A group of water plants with long grass-like leaves and round flower heads
A riverbank plant with leaves divided into three parts, small yellow flowers, and seeds that stick to fur
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bur (seed) comes from an old word for a small seed with hooks that 'stick' to fur or clothes. Remember burdock, a plant whose hooked seeds cling to socks and dog fur, and that is why we call those sticky seed cases 'burs'.