bur reed

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   marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit

   Broaderherb

   Part ofSparganium

Questions about bur reed

What does bur reed mean?

bur reed means "marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit".

Is bur reed a common word?

bur reed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.