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bur reed

noun

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


bur reed

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of bur reed1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

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.

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