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burry

 
Dictionary: bur·ry   (bûr'ē) pronunciation
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adj., -ri·er, -ri·est.
Having burs; prickly.


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Said of wool when it contains plant burrs, the adherent seed pods, usually of Medicago polymorpha.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.
  Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, prickly, spiny, thorny

 
 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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