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noun
A group (genus Sparganium) of widespread flowering perennial marsh plants widespread in wet areas in temperate regions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From bur (“prickly husk of a small seed”) + reed (“type of tall, thin grass”).
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