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The correct spelling is bur.
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noun
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The correct spelling is bur. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
- 2.Any of several plants having such husks.
- 3.A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
- 4.A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
- 5.Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
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