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Bathurst burr

Bath·urst burr [ báthərst bùr ] (plural Bath·urst burrs)


noun 
Definition:
 
spiny plant: a plant covered in hooked burrs or spines that is native to South America but found throughout Australia. Latin name Xanthium spinosum.

[Mid-19th century. After the town of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia]
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