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BUFFALO BUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buffalo bur mean?
• BUFFALO BUR (noun)
The noun BUFFALO BUR has 1 sense:
1. North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
Familiarity information: BUFFALO BUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
buffalo bur; Solanum rostratum
Hypernyms ("buffalo bur" is a kind of...):
nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)
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