bur
/bɝ/ noun C2- A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
- Any of several plants having such husks.
- A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
Plural burs
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At other times he would pick the long thorns out of the pads of his friends, for wolves suffer terribly from thorns and burs in their coats.
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