sandbur

sand·bur

S0062200 (sănd′bûr′)n.1. Any of several grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having an inflorescence composed of spikelets enclosed in a spiny burlike involucre and often growing in sandy soil.2. The spiny, easily detached involucre of any of these plants. In both senses also called sandspur.

sand•bur

or sand•burr

(ˈsændˌbɜr)

n. 1. any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having grains enclosed in prickly burs. 2. any of several bur-bearing weeds growing in sandy places. [1820–30, Amer.]

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Noun

sandbur - grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly bursCenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandspurgrass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hayCenchrus, genus Cenchrus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs

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sandbur

bur grass,

any species of the genus Cenchrus of the family Poaceae (grassgrass,
any plant of the family Poaceae (formerly Gramineae), an important and widely distributed group of vascular plants, having an extraordinary range of adaptation. Numbering approximately 600 genera and 9,000 species, the grasses form the climax vegetation (see ecology) in
..... Click the link for more information. family), sandy-soil plants of tropical and temperate regions. At maturity the sharp spines and burlike seeds make the plant a troublesome weed, especially to sheepgrowers. The name sandbur is sometimes used for the buffalo bur and the horse nettle of the family Solanaceae (nightshadenightshade,
common name for the Solanaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and a few trees of warm regions, chiefly tropical America. Many are climbing or creeping types, and rank-smelling foliage is typical of many species.
..... Click the link for more information. family). The family Poaceae is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Cyperales. The Solanaceae is in the class Magnoliopsida, order Solanales.

sandbur

sand·bur

sand•bur

or sand•burr

sandbur

sandbur

bur grass,

sandbur

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

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