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noun • nylon fabric used as a fastening verb • fasten with Velcro | ||||||||
33% | 5 | Tree with burs | ||||||
noun • any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions • wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles | ||||||||
33% | 8 | Grass with prickly burs | ||||||
noun • grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs | ||||||||
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