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Definition of Butterburs
1. butterbur [n] - See also: butterbur
Literary usage of Butterburs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the by John Ruskin (1879)
"... being, on the whole, bossy instead of flat; and of another temper, or composition
of mind, also, being connected in that respect with butterburs, ..."
2. A Literary Pilgrim in England by Edward Thomas (1917)
"... freshwater sand, where I once waded deep in butterburs, delighting to hear
the song of the river on both sides, and to tell myself that I was indeed and ..."
3. Selborne by Herbert Winckworth Tompkins (1905)
"The yellow pimpernel blows here in unusual profusion, and together with the
butterburs and celandines makes a bright contrast among the dog-violets and blue ..."
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