Definition of Buffalo bur

1. Noun. North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Solanum Rostratum
Generic synonyms: Nightshade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffalo Bur

bufenolide
bufenolides (one double bond)
bufexamac
buff out
buff up
buffa
buffable
buffalo
buffalo-berries
buffalo-berry
buffalo-skin
buffalo-skins
buffalo berry
buffalo bur (current term)
buffalo carpet beetle
buffalo chip
buffalo clover
buffalo fish
buffalo gnat
buffalo gourd
buffalo hump
buffalo jump
buffalo jumps
buffalo neck
buffalo nut
buffalo robe
buffalo robes

Literary usage of Buffalo bur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"buffalo bur (Solanum rostratum). Annual; subdued by preventing seed production by mowing as often as the yellow blossoms appear ..."

2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Fruit a globular, yellow berry, about a half-inch in diameter. (Fig. 256.) Means of control the same as for the preceding species. buffalo bur Solanum ..."

3. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"198), or apple of Sodom, is a close relative of the buffalo bur and also has a ... buffalo bur (Farmers' Bulletin No. 28}. The plant often grows four The ..."

4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"In August, 1900, Solanum rostratum, the buffalo bur, was noticed in a border of ... The eastern distribution of the buffalo bur seems to be almost wholly ..."

5. Botany by Wilfred William Robbins, John Nathan Martin (1919)
"Another troublesome weed of this family is the buffalo bur (Solanum rostratum) (Fig. ... A plant of the buffalo bur bearing flowers and fruits, ..."

6. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"Another troublesome weed of this family is the buffalo bur '^xy (Solatium ... A plant of the buffalo bur bearing flowers and fruits, showing the character ..."

7. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... 729 BUCKWHEAT 238-9 BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 210 Buddleia 657 BUFFALO BEANS 492 BUFFALO-BERRY 582 buffalo bur 758 BUFFALO CURRANTS 399 BUFFALO GRASS 64, ..."

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