buffalo bur

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Noun1.buffalo bur - North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowersbuffalo bur - North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
Solanum rostratum
nightshade - any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
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Several weed species, including the cocklebur, sandbur, burdock and buffalo bur, produce burs with hooked spines that can be caught up in the hair coats and tails of horses, cows and other animals.
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