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bur or burr, popular name for fruits that have barbed, pointed, or rough outgrowths. By clinging to the fur or hair of animals and the clothing of man they are transported from the parent plant, often great distances. Some common burs include those of the chestnut, burdock, bur marigold, and cocklebur. Burs are particularly obnoxious to sheep growers because of the difficulty of removing them from wool.

burr¹, bur

1. a washer fitting around the end of a rivet

2. a blank punched out of sheet metal

burr², buhr, bur

1. short for buhrstone

2. a mass of hard siliceous rock surrounded by softer rock

Bur

also Pur, a river in the Yakut ASSR, left-bank tributary of the Olenek River. Its length is 501 km, and its basin area is 13, 900 sq km. The Bur flows through the North Siberian Lowland and is fed by snow. The largest tributaries are the Ary-Ongorbut and the Kyra-Khos-Teriuttiakh.

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No references found			Bur they are not going to do anything this year, and I only hope those cold days did not send them off to the Paradise of flowers. Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context The saddle and saddle-cloth were innocent of bur or sticker; the back was smooth and unbroken. Moon-Face and Other Stories by London, Jack View in context We walked up narrow lanes where our gharry--a tiny box of a thing on wheels, attached to a jibbing Bur mah pony--could by no means have passed. Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context			Buonarroti, Filippo Michele Buonarroti, Michelangelo Buoninsegna, Duccio di Buononcini Buor-Khaia Bay Buotama buoy buoy sensor buoyage Buoyancy buoyancy parameter buoyancy pontoons buoyancy tank buoyancy-type density transmitter buoyant buoyant density Buoyant Force buoyant foundation buoyant uplift Buozzi, Bruno Bupalus Piniarius Buphagus Buphthalmos Buprestidae Buprestoidea Bur bur grass bur marigold Bur Safajah Bura Bura Treaty of 1727 Buraimi burakumin Burali-Forti paradox Buran Burano Buraydah Burbage Burbage, Richard Burbank Burbank Day Burbank, Luther Burbidge, Margaret burble burble angle burble point Burbot Burchell, Mr. Burchfield, Charles Burckhardt Burckhardt, Jacob			Buprenorphine Buprenorphine Buprénorphine Haut Dosage buprenorphine hydrochloride buprenorphine hydrochloride Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment buprestid buprestid Buprestid beetle Buprestidae Buprestidae Buprestidan Buprestis Buprestoidea Buprinex Buprinex bupropion bupropion Bupropion HCl Bupropion HCl bupropion hydrochloride bupropion hydrochloride Buproprion Buproprion BUPS BUPT BUQ Buq squashing party Buque Armada Peruana buquinolate Bur Bur Clover Bur Clover Bur Clover bur cucumber Bur fish bur grass bur grass bur marigold bur marigold bur oak Bur Oak Secondary School bur oaks bur reed Bur Safajah Bur Sudan Bur Sudan Bur-marigolds Bur-marigolds bur-reed bur-reed bur-reed family Bur-reeds Bur-reeds bur. Bura Bura Bura Bura Treaty of 1727 BURAC Burachil

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