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/berr"weed'/, n.any of various plants bearing a burlike fruit, as the cocklebur and burdock.[1775-85; BUR1 + WEED1]
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burweed — [bʉr′wēd΄] n. any of various plants with burs, as the burdock, bur marigold, cocklebur, etc … English World dictionary
burweed — noun Date: circa 1783 any of various plants (as a cocklebur or burdock) having burry fruit … New Collegiate Dictionary
burweed — bur•weed [[t]ˈbɜrˌwid[/t]] n. pln any of various plants bearing a burlike fruit, as the cocklebur • Etymology: 1775–85 … From formal English to slang
burweed — 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 … Useful english dictionary
burweed marsh elder — noun tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever • Syn: ↑false ragweed, ↑Iva xanthifolia • Hypernyms: ↑marsh elder, ↑iva * * … Useful english dictionary
false ragweed — noun tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever • Syn: ↑burweed marsh elder, ↑Iva xanthifolia • Hypernyms: ↑marsh elder,… … Useful english dictionary
marsh elder — noun any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America • Syn: ↑iva • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant •… … Useful english dictionary
Burdock — Taxobox name = Burdock image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Cynareaecite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora id=1 taxon id=20706 | … Wikipedia
Lesser Burdock — Taxobox name = Lesser Burdock image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Cynareae genus = Arctium species = A. minus binomial = Arctium minus binomial… … Wikipedia
iva — noun any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America • Syn: ↑marsh elder • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant • … Useful english dictionary
