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Bathurst burr|ˈbæθɜːst ˈbɜː(r)|
[f. Bathurst, a town in N.S. Wales, Australia + bur n.]
A plant of the genus Xanthium, found esp. in Australia.
1855W. 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 Selection 4 The remaining hundred and fifty-six were under scrub, prickly-pear, wallaby-bush and Bathurst burr. 1921H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxx. 291 A dense crop of..Bathurst burr. 1926J. Doone Timely Tips 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. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Dec. 25/1 He 'ad whiskers all over him and they was as stiff as the spines on a Bathurst burr. 1967Southerly XXVII. 199 Weeds flourished, wait-a-whiles, bull-burrs, wild blackberries, Bathurst burrs. |