burweed

American

[bur-weed] / ˈbɜrˌwid /

noun

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

burweed British

/ ˈbɜːˌwiːd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of burweed

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.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

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