BURWEED Definition & Meaning

burweed

[ bur-weed ]

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noun

any of various plants bearing a burlike fruit, as the cocklebur and burdock.

burweed

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noun

any of various plants that bear burs, such as the burdock

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Origin of burweed¹

First recorded in 1775–85; bur ¹ + weed ¹

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This left his arms free to part a path through the thickets of burweed and plantain that choked the defile, and, for fully a half-hour, he kept a good jog.

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