Covered with or full of burrs; having a prickly or rough texture.
Direct formation from 'burr' plus the adjective suffix '-y', meaning 'resembling or full of.' The root burr traces back to Old Norse.
When you brush against a burry plant, those seed pods stick to your clothes and fur—which is exactly why plants evolved them that way: to hitchhike to new locations with animal travelers.
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