1. a prickly or spiny seed or fruit of certain plants, especially those that cling to clothing or animal fur
Usage: often used in plural form; common in botanical and ecological contexts

Examples

• The dog came back from the walk covered in burseeds from the field.
• Burseeds from the burdock plant stuck to my socks as I walked through the meadow.
• Many plants use burseeds as a dispersal mechanism to spread across distances.
• The hiker had to spend time removing burseeds from her jacket after the trail.
• Burseeds are an adaptation that helps plants colonize new areas by hitchhiking on animals.