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sandbur

DEFINITIONS OF: sandbur

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n grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs

Synonyms:
Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandspur
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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