nounpiripiris

• A New Zealand plant of the rose family, with prickly burrs.

  Genus Acaena, family Rosaceae: several species, in particular A. anserinifolia

  More example sentences

  • ‘No one who has seen sheep covered with Acaena ‘burrs’ (piripiri) can hesitate to admit the large part which that animal plays in the spread of this native weed.’