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• bur — bur1 /berr/, n., v., burred, burring. n. 1. a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock. 2. any bur bearing plant. 3. something that adheres like a bur. 4. Mach. burr1 (defs. 1, 3). 5. Dentistry. a rotary… …   Universalium

• bur — [[t]bɜr[/t]] n. v. burred, bur•ring 1) pln a rough prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock 2) pln any bur bearing plant 3) something that adheres like a bur 4) mac burr I, 1), burr I, 3) 5) den a rotary cutting …   From formal English to slang

• bur reed — noun marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Sparganium, ↑genus Sparganium * * * noun : any plant of the genus Sparganium having e …   Useful english dictionary

• bur reed — any plant of the genus Sparganium, having ribbony leaves and bearing burlike fruit. [1590 1600] * * * …   Universalium

• Plants in the Bible — • Discusses all of the types of plants mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plants in the Bible     Plants in the Bible      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• burr — I. /bɜ / (say ber) noun 1. Botany the rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as of the bindi eye and Bathurst burr. 2. any burr bearing plant. 3. something or someone that adheres like a burr. 4. any of various knots, knobs,… …  

• sandbur — /sand berr /, n. 1. any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs. 2. any of several bur bearing weeds growing in sandy places, as Franseria acanthicarpa or Solanum rostratum, of the western U.S. Also,… …   Universalium

• Poales — ▪ plant order Introduction   grass order of flowering plants, containing the grass family ( Poaceae), economically the most important order of plants, with a worldwide distribution in all climates. Poales contains more than 18,000 species of… …   Universalium

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium

• burdock — bur•dock [[t]ˈbɜr dɒk[/t]] n. pln a composite plant of the genus Arctium, esp. A. lappa, a coarse broad leaved weed bearing prickly heads of burs that stick to clothing • Etymology: 1590–1600; bur+dock IV …   From formal English to slang

• Date cultivation in Dar al-Manasir — The female Tamim and the male date flower (تميم). Date palms are cultivated in Sudan from the Egyptian border in the North all the way along the Nile south of Khartoum until Sennar. In addition to the banks of the Nile, isolated occurrences of… …   Wikipedia