bur
Meaning
- A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
- Any of several plants having such husks.
- A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
- Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɝ/
Etymology
From Middle English burre, from a North Germanic language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr.
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