Definition of Burweed

1. a coarse weed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burweed

bursty
bursula
bursæ
burt
burthen
burthened
burthening
burthens
burthensome
burtite
burtons
burundi
burunduki
burweed (current term)
burweed marsh elder
burweeds
bury one's head in the sand
bury the hatchet
bury the lead
bury the lede
buryal
buryals
buryatite
burye
burying
burying ground
burying the hatchet

Literary usage of Burweed

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

1. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Yellow burweed (Amsinckia intermedia). X \- Other English names: Yellow Tarweed, Fireweed, Yellow Forget-me-not. Seed-time: June to August. ..."

2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"L. burweed. Tiliaceae. Named for GB Trionfetti, Italian botanist, d. 1708. ... Florida to West Indies and tropical regions generally. burweed ..."

3. Flora of the Colosseum of Rome by Richard Deakin (1855)
"... and terminating in a sharp spine. Annual, flowering in August. X. strumarium, Linn. Small burweed. Stem, unarmed; lower.leaves, heart-shaped, ..."

4. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys, Cuvierian Society of Cork (1845)
"burweed. 428.* X. strumarium, L. Broad burweed. Found in a potato- field attached to Mr. Mahony's Cloth Factory at Blarney. The seed was most probably ..."

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