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  • proper noun A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist (Maximilian) Karl Ewald Burret (1883-1964).

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Examples

  • "The 37-day expedition was a challenge because the pristine forest is thick with sturdy wild growth and full of venomous snakes, leeches, mosquitoes and yellow vines [Calamus Burret]," Ke Cheng-ming (柯正民), leader of the team, said at the end of the tough 170km trek on Sunday.

    Taipei Times 2010

  • Burret doesn't seem to have the President's ear like we might have thought he would.

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2009

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