单词 | bathurst burr |
释义 | Bathurst burrn. A plant of the genus Xanthium, found esp. in Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > bur-weed clot-bur1548 ditch-bur1548 louse-burr1578 button-bur1634 bur-weed1783 clotweed1804 sea-burdock1845 Bathurst burr1855 Noogoora burr1883 1855 W. Howitt Land, Labour & Gold I. 261 The Bathurst bur (Xanthium spinosum), a plant with long triple spines like the barberry, and burs which are ruinous to the wool of sheep. 1904 ‘S. Rudd’ Sandy's Select. 4 The remaining hundred and fifty-six were under scrub, prickly-pear, wallaby-bush and Bathurst burr. 1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxx. 291 A dense crop of..Bathurst burr. 1926 ‘J. Doone’ Timely Tips for New Australians Gloss. Bathurst Burr, a spiny, bean-shaped pod which grows on a weed and is notorious for attaching itself to the wool of passing sheep. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Dec. 25/1 He 'ad whiskers all over him and they was as stiff as the spines on a Bathurst burr. 1967 Southerly 27 199 Weeds flourished, wait-a-whiles, bull-burrs, wild blackberries, Bathurst burrs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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