parakeet bur
Jamaican
noun
Any of several undershrubs of the genus Triumfetta (family Tiliaceae), having bristly fruits on which green parakeets are said to feed (also called bur-weed).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Lindley (1799–1865), botanist and horticulturist.
- rubbaboo
- rubbed brick
- rubbee
- rubber
- rubber band
- rubber-banded
- rubber-band gun
- rubber boa
- rubber boot
- rubber bridge
- rubber bullet
- rubber cement
- rubber-cemented
- rubber cheque
- rubber-chicken
- rubber dam
- rubber dinghy
- rubber duck
- rubber ducker
- rubber ducky
- rubbered
- rubber fetish
- rubber fetishism
- rubber game
- rubber goods