sandbur

Other forms: sandburs

Definitions of sandbur
  1. noun
    grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
    synonyms: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandspur
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    type of:
    grass
    narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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