Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name common to plants of the genus Xanthium: also applied to the bedstraw, Galium Aparine, and in Jamaica to Triumfetta. See
bur-bark .
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It is a variety of the American cocklebur, often called sea-burdock, or the [140] hedgehog-burweed, a stout and common weed of the western states.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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