noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of sandbur.
2. 2
   grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

sandburcenchrus tribuloidesfield sandbursandbur

Etymology

From sand + spur.

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