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Noogoora|nuːˈguːrə|
The name of a Queensland sheep station, used attrib. in Noogoora burr to designate a composite plant, Xanthium chinense, treated as a noxious weed in Australia because of its hooked burrs which become entangled in wool.
1883F. M. Bailey Synopsis Queensland Flora 259 X[anthium] strumarium,..known as ‘Noogoora Burr’, and supposed injurious to stock. 1900― Queensland Flora III. 857 Noogoora Burr. A tall wide-spreading annual... A widespread weed of warm countries. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 22/1 Through not obeying a Lands Department order to clear his holding of Noogoora burr, a N[orth] Q[ueensland] grazier has been served with a notice of forfeiture. 1961Times 7 June 3/1 A cerambycid beetle..[is] to be liberated in Queensland in 1962 against the important weed Noogoora burr. 1961Coast to Coast 1959–60 41 When we saw how he looked at our note-book, we knew he was a dairy farmer, because his eyes classified us—with drought, fire, the pear, flood and Noogoora burr. 1965Austral. Encycl. IX. 227/2 One of the worst offenders [sc. plants whose burrs cling to wool] is noogoora burr (Xanthium chinense) which causes annual wool losses of at least {pstlg}50,000. Since the 1860s it has occupied sheep country from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Sydney... Noogoora burr, indigenous to South America, is supposed to have been introduced with cotton seed. |