Bur Synonyms

bûr

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Synonyms for Bur

prickly seedcase
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nut
An indehiscent fruit having a single seed enclosed in a hard shell, such as an acorn or hazelnut.
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grain
A cereal grass:
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acorn
The fruit of an oak, consisting of a single-seeded, thick-walled nut set in a woody, cuplike base.
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pod
Pod is defined as a dry fruit or seed vessel containing one or more seeds.
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boll
An old Scots dry measure, equal to six bushels.
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seed-pod
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Words Related to Bur

burr
To remove burrs from (metal)
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bramble
A prickly shrub or bush.
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seed
The definition of a seed is a structure that contains the embryo of a plant.
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bole
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awn
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  • The south-western shore is generally low, with sand hills covered with shrivelled pines and bur oaks.

  • Many trees of the eastern forest, such as basswood, sugar, river and red maple, red, white and black ash, red and rock elm, black and bur oak, white and red pine and red cedar find their western limit here.

  • As told at school Jesus died on the cross bur rose again hence Easter sunday.

  • Anthrop. iv., 1891; Holmes, Archaeological Studies; see Hodge's List, Bur.

  • Remove a semi-circle of bone from the buccal alveolar crest with a small round bur (½ or 1 ).

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