burr
noun [C] (SEED) /bɜːr/
/bɝː/ (also bur)Definition
› a very small, round seed container that sticks to clothes and to animals' fur because it is covered in little hooksFruits and seeds and their parts
(Definition of burr noun (SEED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -seeded suffix (PLANT)
- berry noun
- chaff noun
- cocoa bean noun
- cone noun (TREE)
- endosperm noun
- fruiterer noun
- grain noun (SEED)
- husk noun
- oilseed noun
- peel noun
- pine cone noun
- pine nut noun
- pit noun (SEED)
- pit verb
- seed noun (PLANT)
- stalk noun
- thistledown noun
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- zest noun (FRUIT SKIN)
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