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Definition of Bur reed
1. Noun. Marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bur Reed
Literary usage of Bur reed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"BUR-REED FAMILY. Marsh or pond plants with creeping rootstocks and fibrous roots,
... Broad-fruited Bur-reed. (Fig. 138.) Sparganium eurycarpum F ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Cat-Tail. floating Bur-reed. (From the Greek ri^oj, a marsh; on account of its
place of growth.) Flowers collected into a long dense cylindric spike. ..."
3. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"Brown-white Bur-reed. June-September Sparganium: an ancient name, probably from
Greek for ... Three other members of the Bur-reed Family have been reported. ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"The Widgeons were entirely vegetarian also, consuming pond weed, wild celery,
water-lily seeds (Brasenia), bur-reed, and smart- weed seeds ..."
5. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Broad Fruited Bur-reed. Borders of ponds. Frequent. C. & S. 120. S. minimum Fries.
Small Bur-reed. Hubbardston; Manistee, EJ Hill; Macomb Co.; Homestead, ..."
6. Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing by George Barnard (1884)
"BRANCHED BUR-REED. SPARGANIUM RAMOSUM. THIS is a plant which delights in shallow
streams or ditches, and though not perhaps of sufficient importance to ..."
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