bur sage

noun

: a plant of the genus Franseria

especially : a low spiny shrub (F. dumosa) having the leaves densely covered with whitish hairs and being widely distributed in desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico

Word History

Etymology

burr entry 1 + sage

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