bur reed

American  

noun

1. any plant of the genus Sparganium, having ribbony leaves and bearing burlike fruit.

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bur reed British  

noun

1. a marsh plant of the genus Sparganium , having narrow leaves, round clusters of small green flowers, and round prickly fruit: family Sparganiaceae

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Etymology

Origin of bur reed

First recorded in 1590–1600

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bur reed

In this way seeds of water plantain, sedges, grasses, rushes, docks, arrowhead, pondweeds, duckweed, cat-tail flag, bur reed, bladderwort, water crowfoot, and many others are transported from one pond, lake, or stream, to another.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)