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burroweed

noun

  1. a weed (Suaeda moquinii) of the family Chenopodiaceae growing on alkaline lands in the southwestern U.S.
  2. a shrub (Allenrolfea occidentalis) of the family Chenopodiaceae that grows in the southwestern U.S.
  3. a plant of the genus Franseria, especially Franseria dumosa of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico
  4. the plant Isocoma tenuisecta, native to Arizona, New Mexico, and Sonora
  5. any of several rayless goldenrods
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From burro + weed.

  1. The plant Ambrosia dumosa.